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Second person charged with murder in shooting of son of former Durham deputy chief

Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force arrested a woman in Morrisville Tuesday and charged her with murder in the shooting of the son of a longtime member of the Durham Police Department.

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DURHAM, N.C. — Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force arrested a woman in Morrisville Tuesday and charged her with murder in the shooting of the son of a longtime member of the Durham Police Department.

Anthony "A.J." Marsh Jr. was shot at about 4 p.m. on April 19 while in a Dodge Ram pickup in the 300 block of East Pilot Street. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Durham police did not say what led them to connect Nitisha Jewel Page, 39, to Marsh's death. They charged her with murder and misdemeanor hit and run.

A.J. Marsh was a specialist in the Army Reserve, a member of the 363rd Engineer Battalion Support Company in Knightdale.

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A second person has been charged in connection to this murder.

Toney Allen Smith Jr., 21, of Durham, has been charged with murder in this case. Smith was arrested Saturday in Durham by members of the U.S. Marshals Service.

He has been placed in Durham County Jail without bond.

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