ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the killing of a 30-year-old man in Alexandria.

Fairfax County police say Manuel F. Garces of Springfield was charged with murder in the death of Mark Earl Ives, whose body was found outside a home the 5400 block of Broadmoor Street on Sunday. Ives died of upper-body trauma.

Police spokesman Eddy Azcarate says Garces and Ives knew each other.

He could not identify a motive in the killing.

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