A suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of an 18-year-old earlier this week near Manual High School.

Mannie Lee Legrand, 20, who was in custody in Denver on a probation violation, is now a suspect in the shooting death of De'Quan Walker-Smith, said John White, a Denver Police Department spokesman.

On Monday afternoon, Walker-Smith was fatally shot on the corner of East 29th Avenue and Franklin St. near Manual High School.

Walker-Smith was shot once in front of Fuller Park, which is immediately north of the school.

Legrand, who was taken into custody sometime this week after the

De'Quan Walker-Smith was murdered March 19, 2012 north of Manual High School in Denver by someone who drove past him in a green Honda and then drove away. Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks is holding a peace vigil on March 20, 2012. (The Denver Post | unknown)
shooting, is now being investigated for suspicion of first-degree murder, White said.

Police did not release a photograph of Legrand.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com