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Charlottesville car crash suspect ID'd as 20-year-old Ohio man

James Alex Fields Jr. faces second-degree murder
Charlottesville car crash suspect ID'd as 20-year-old Ohio man
Posted at 6:08 PM, Aug 12, 2017
and last updated 2017-08-12 21:28:19-04

(CNN) -- The suspect being held in a Virginia jail in connection with a deadly crash near a scheduled rally of white nationalists has been identified as James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, according to Superintendent Martin Kumer with the Albermarle-Charlottesville County Regional Jail .

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Fields is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder, malicious wounding and failure to stop in an accident that resulted in death.

One person died and 19 were injured Saturday when a car rammed a crowd of counterprotesters gathered to oppose a "Unite the Right" rally of white nationalist and other right-wing groups.

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