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Michigan Youth Taken for Vandal Fatally Shot

<i> Associated Press</i>

A man was charged Monday in the fatal shooting of a high school athlete who may have been mistaken for a Halloween vandal.

Todd Michael Vriesenga, 25, was arraigned on murder and manslaughter charges in the Saturday night shooting of Adam Provencal, 17, a Grand Haven High School soccer and wrestling star who died Sunday.

A witness said he and Provencal had stopped to watch friends trim a house with toilet paper. The homeowner wrote down Provencal’s license number and then shot him through the closed front door of the house, the witness’ father said.

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