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1 of 2 suspects charged in grocery store murder

A New Haven man went before a judge Thursday on charges he shot a Bridgeport store owner to death during a robbery. Leighton Vanderberg, 22, is charged with fatally shooting 57-year-old store-owner

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Apr 17, 2015, 11:10 AM

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