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Suspect in fatal shooting of 9-year-old Saniyah charged with murder, held on $1 million bond

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The last suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old girl who died when she was caught in the crossfire between two groups of people in Cleveland earlier this year appeared in court on Friday.

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According to court records, a Cleveland Municipal Court judge ordered 20-year-old Timothy Greene held in lieu of a $1 million bond. Greene has been charged with aggravated murder.

Greene was arrested by the U.S. Marshals on Wednesday in the 4100 block of East 160th Street. 

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Authorities said Greene is the seventh suspect arrested in connection with the death of Saniyah Nicholson, a 9-year-old girl who was killed by gunfire while sitting in her mother's car near the intersection of Lee Road and Harvard Avenue on June 20.

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Six other suspects were previously arrested in connection with the child's death, including three juveniles. Three others — Devontae Nettles, 19, Aaron George, 18, and Ce'Matizea Andrews, 19 — have been charged with murder. All three are set to appear in court on Oct. 11.

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Greene is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 15.