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Suspect arrested in connection to shooting on Harwich Street in Rosemont neighborhood

Orlando, Fla. — Police in Orlando say the  man who killed a woman and then kidnapped and sexually battered another is in jail.

They say on Saturday around 8 a.m., Ruddell Pierre shot 40 year old Tamalari Renee Arnold along the 4000 block of Harwich Street. Arnold was a friend of Pierre’s ex girlfriend who wanted to ensure that she arrived home safely due to Pierre’s prior visit to his ex girlfriend’s job. Arnold was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

After shooting Arnold, Pierre then reportedly forced his ex girlfriend into her car at gunpoint and then kidnapped her. According to the arrest affidavit, he drove around endlessly and then pulled over to the side of a road where he then sexually battered her before letting her go.

Pierre is now being charged with first degree murder, armed kidnapping, sexual battery, and carjacking with a gun.

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