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Updated 01/01/2009 08:25 AM

Third Person Charged In Connection With Two Bronx Killings

By: NY1 News

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A Manhattan man is facing murder charges in connection with two killings in the Bronx.

Carlos Colon, 20, is charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of Christopher Umpierre.

The Bronx district attorney says Colon shot Umpierre to death during a home invasion in Throgs Neck on December 19.

Colon also faces murder and manslaughter charges in connection with the stabbing death of 22-year-old John Hopkins-Drago, seen above, whose body was found in an alleyway near Pelham Parkway on December 21.

Sharell Butler, 15, was indicted yesterday on murder and manslaughter charges in both cases and is due back in court in February.

A third person, Robert Pastore, is charged with murder and manslaughter only in Hopkins-Drago's death.