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He said it was a Crime Stoppers tip submitted through the P3tips mobile phone app that lead to the arrest of Amaree Goodall, 19, in Holland, Michigan. Goodall was arrested on a warrant for first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting death of Jion Broomfield, 19, in a parking lot outside the school Jan. 29.

“This incident shows that if the community and the police work together, we can bring these subject to justice and bring peace to the victims’ families,” Sayles said during a news conference on Thursday afternoon.

Broomfield was at the school the night he died as a spectator watching the Beloit Memorial basketball team play Madison La Follette. It is assumed Goodall was at the game as a fan of the Madison team. Some disagreement ensued leading to Broomfield being shot. A friend drove Broomfield to the Beloit Memorial Hospital emergency room where he later died.

After the shooting, Sayles voiced frustration that there were about 40 witnesses to the shooting but that none was coming forward to assist in solving the crime.

“I applaud these brave people who did come forward,” Sayles said.

Goodall was identified as a suspect Feb. 16 when Beloit police announced a warrant for his arrest for first-degree reckless homicide was issued. Beloit police were able to identify Goodall through the cooperation of community members and through a collaborative effort involving the Madison Police Department and the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, Sayles said.

After Beloit police received the tip that Goodall was in Michigan, investigators worked with the Holland Police Department to take him into custody. Beloit police are awaiting extradition procedures to bring Goodall back to Rock County to face the charge against him.

When asked if anyone might face charges for harboring a fugitive or in any way assisting Goodall, he said he would not comment on that, citing the ongoing investigation.

Sayles said it was sad that both the victim and the suspect were each only 19 years old and had their whole lives ahead of them before the night Broomfield died.

He said the Beloit Police Department continues its efforts to build trust with the community so crimes such as this homicide can be solved quickly through collaboration with the public.

He said the department will continue to hold community meetings to keep people informed and that the department will be initiating directed patrols in trouble areas of the community to prevent crime.

Sayles said the department continues its investigation of the two other homicides that occurred this year in Beloit. Shawna Greer was shot and killed on Jan. 26 in the 1400 block of Madison Road. Also on Jan. 29, a Janesville woman’s body was found near the intersection of Howe and Clary. She had been stabbed to death, Beloit police reports indicated.

”We are working on other homicides, as well as the unsolved ones that happened before,” Sayles said.