Third suspect in Atlantic City carjacking, murder in custody

    September 23, 2011

    All three suspects in an Atlantic City carjacking and murder case are now in custody, after police say the third suspect was taken into custody today.

    NBC 10 reports 18-year-old Raheem Simmons of Camden is now under arrest.

    All three are suspects in the case of a carjacking and murder in the parking garage of the Taj Mahal Sunday.  Police say 28-year-old Sunil Rattu and 24-year-old Radha Ghetia were both shot during the carjacking.  Rattu died as a result of the shooting. 

    NBC 10 reports Ghetia, the girlfriend of the victim, is expected to make a full recovery.

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    Eric Darden, 20, and Phillip Byrd, 20, were taken into custody this week.

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