Investigators were trying to determine if a suspected arson fire that killed five people in a rooming house was connected to a fatal shooting three hours before the blaze ignited.

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Willie Caldwell, 37, a resident of the rooming house, was charged with shooting Kevin Jones, 26, about three hours before Monday morning's fire.Police said Caldwell and Jones had fought outside the building late that evening.

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