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A fifth person tied to the Monday murder of an 18-year-old Carson City man was taken into custody Friday, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said.

Late Friday afternoon, the Carson City Justice Court issued an arrest warrant for Jonathan Skenandore, 18, on the charges of accessory to murder, a category C felony, accessory to robbery, a category C felony, and conspiracy to commit robbery, a category B felony. He is the latest to be arrested in connection with the early morning fatal shooting of Grant Watkins near a park in north Carson City.

Jonathan Skenandore was originally taken into custody on Thursday stemming from a juvenile warrant. He is being held in the Carson City Jail, where the warrant service was completed. He was arrested along with Jacob Huttman, 19, the fourth person to be arrested for his involvement with the fatal shooting of Grant Watkins.

Late Tuesday, Reed Skenandore, 21, was taken into custody and charged with first degree murder. Two brothers, Jesus Garcia-Manriquez, 18, and Allen Garcia-Manriquez, 19, were arrested Monday by Carson City SWAT at an apartment complex at Fifth and Harbin streets. They were each charged as being principal accessories in the murder.

This case continues to move forward, though slowly due to the number of persons either directly or indirectly involved.

In addition, early Friday morning, search teams were able to recover additional evidence presumed to be related to the death of Watkins. The items recovered will be reviewed next week for inclusion or exclusion in the case.

Carson City detectives say Reed Skenandore was the one who pulled the trigger that killed Grant Watkins during a drug transaction involving three ounces of marijuana. The shooting happened early Monday. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office received reports at 12:39 a.m. of multiple shots fired in the area of Windridge Drive and Spooner Drive near Blackwell's Pond Park in the Northridge subdivision area.

As units arrived at the scene of the shooting and began looking for evidence, authorities at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center Emergency Room reported Watkins had arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach. He was in critical condition and taken to Renown Medical Center by Care Flight where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 a.m.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office continues to urge anyone with any information to please contact the Detectives Division at 887-2500.