By Brandon Downs

A suspect was arrested in a shooting last August in a Fairfield parking lot that left a teen dead, police said on Saturday. 

The shooting happened Aug. 8 in a parking lot along the 1300 block of West Texas Street around 8:30 p.m. Police said the 19-year-old victim was sitting in his vehicle when someone approached and fired multiple shots.

The suspect was arrested in San Jose after evading police for nearly a year, police said. 

Police identified the suspect as 20-year-old Adonnis Evans. Evans was booked into jail and is facing a murder charge, police said.

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