WARREN — The search for a suspect in the murder of a Warren mother of four children has ended. U.S. Marshals announced today that 19-year-old Noel Flores Jr. was apprehended in Florida.

Flores was wanted by the Warren Police Department for the shooting death of 26-year-old Ashante Kirksey at her residence in the 900 block of Francis Avenue on Nov. 11.

The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) said in a news release that late last week, information was gathered that Flores had fled Ohio and was staying near St. Petersburg, Florida. The Ohio task force worked with Florida marshals over the past few days and early into this afternoon.

Read more in Wednesday’s Tribune Chronicle.