Juvenile arrested in Kansas, believed to be person of interest in Wisconsin double homicide

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WAKEENEY, Kan. (CBS 58) -- A Wisconsin juvenile was taken into custody in WaKeeney, Kansas on Saturday, March 1. 

According to the WaKeeney Police Department, they stopped a vehicle that ran a stop sign. The vehicle came back as stolen from Wisconsin. 

WaKeeney police say the Wisconsin sheriff's office informed them the juvenile could be armed with a handgun. The subject went into custody without further incident.  WaKeeney police say they were identified as a juvenile wanted out of Wisconsin, and as a person of interest in a double homicide that Wisconsin sheriffs are investigating. 

WaKeeney police did not say where or when the homicide took place in Wisconsin. 

WaKeeney police say the juvenile is being held in a juvenile detention center and is awaiting extradition.

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