2 Months After Slaying of N.J. Soccer Star Near Field, Suspect Is Arrested

Moussa Fofana.Photo: gofundme

A New Jersey man was charged Thursday with murder in the June fatal shooting of a high school soccer star.

Yohan Hernandez, 20, was also charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in connection with the death of ofMoussa Fofana, who was killed in Maplewood near the soccer field on which he starred.

A second student was also wounded in the shooting but survived.

Yohan Hernandez.Essex County Prosecutor’s Office

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Fofana, a talented athlete with dreams of playing soccer professionally, was born in New York City and then lived in New Jersey for several years. He went to live with his grandmother in Liberia’s capital of Monrovia when he was 5, and he returned to the U.S. when he was 11.

“It has been very difficult for me and my family,” Hawa Fofana previously told PEOPLE. “It’s hard, very hard. I want to understand — why? What did Moussa do to you?”

A GoFundMe campaignwas launched online to help the family.

Hernandez is in custody and will be in court next week for a detention hearing. It is unclear if he has entered a plea or retained an attorney.

source: people.com