Man killed in Butler Twp. shooting identified

BUTLER TOWNSHIP — The man shot and killed in Butler Twp. on Sunday has been identified.

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Benny Fentress, 41, died just before 12:30 p.m. on Sunday on Creekview Circle, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

As News Center 7 previously reported, Butler Township police and fire crews were called out to the 3200 block of Creekview Circle on reports that a person had been shot around 12:12 p.m.

An emotional 911 caller told dispatchers that her boyfriend shot her mother’s boyfriend “because he ran at her.”

When they got to the scene, police found Fentress dead from a gunshot wound.

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Police say they arrested the suspect on scene and took them to the Montgomery County Jail. Online jail records showed that Devon Stargell was arrested on Creekview Circle and booked on suspicion of murder.

On Tuesday, police said that “no charges have been filed at this time and investigators are currently following up on all other leads and information concerning the incident.”

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