Providence police identify suspects in 2 homicides

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Providence police have arrested a suspect in one recent murder, and have obtained an arrest warrant for another one, the department announced Monday.

Providence police arrested Johnny Xaykosy, 31, of Providence, for the April 22 fatal shooting of Nickolas DiPanni on Indiana Avenue.

Xaykosy was arraigned Monday morning and held without bail.

Additionally, Providence Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Phillip Manners, also known as Phillip Manners Rojas, for the April 16 killing at an auto body shop on Harris Avenue.

Phillip Manners / Providence Police Department

Phillip Manners. (Providence Police Department)

Manners is described as 6’3″, 310lbs, with black hair and brown eyes.

The department asks anyone with information to contact Detective Sergeant Fabio Zuena at (401)-641-4339 or Detective Ray Majeau at (401)-340-5612.