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Arrest made in shooting death of Chambersburg man found dead in trunk

Justin Hockenberry will face several counts, including criminal homicide and tampering with evidence.

  • The Associated Press
A State Police Patrol drives near Commerce Street in Carlisle, PA. Wednesday, March 11, 2018. JOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer

 Philadelphia Inquirer

A State Police Patrol drives near Commerce Street in Carlisle, PA. Wednesday, March 11, 2018. JOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer

(Chambersburg) — Authorities have made an arrest in the shooting death of a man whose body was found in the trunk of his car in Franklin County.

Justin Hockenberry will face counts of criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and drug possession. It’s not known if he’s retained an attorney.

Authorities say the 36-year-old Orrstown man met with 37-year-old Demetrios Kalathas on Nov. 11, expecting to collect an $800 drug debt.

They say Hockenberry shot the Chambersburg man multiple times that day and put his body in the trunk of the car, abandoning the vehicle near a Lion’s Club parking lot.

The body was found Sunday. Hockenberry was arrested without incident the next day when police found him walking along a road in Hopewell Township.

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