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A Denham Springs teen has been arrested in the shooting of a 40-year-old man found dead in his home by friends making a welfare check, Baton Rouge police said. 

The victim, Kevin Evans Jr., 40, died of multiple gunshot wounds April 6 in his home in the  in Baton Rouge.

Joshua Mancusi-Ungaro, 19, was arrested Wednesday night and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of second-degree murder and illegal use of weapons, as well as theft of a firearm and theft of a vehicle, according to police.

The investigation is ongoing. 

Anyone with information relative to the shooting is asked to call BRPD's Violent Crime Unit at (225) 389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867. 

Email Ellyn Couvillion at ecouvillion@theadvocate.com.