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Second 15-year-old charged in shooting death of college baseball player

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 15-year-old has been arrested Thursday in the shooting and killing of a beloved college baseball player on Father's Day in west Charlotte, police said.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police charged a second 15-year-old Friday.

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The male juveniles were charged with murder in Zachary Finch’s shooting death.

Authorities said information gathered during the investigation led them to the teenagers and they were taken into custody.

The juveniles' name will not be released due to the boy’s age.

Police also said they were looking for another suspect connected to the crime.

[Photos of Zack Finch]

Zack Finch, 21, was a student and baseball player at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky. He listed his hometown as Mint Hill. His family is from Florida, but moved to Mint Hill two years ago.

Investigators said Finch was shot and killed while trying to buy a cellphone using a buying and selling app called Letgo.

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