A Florida man was arraigned Friday on murder charges in connection with a Jan. 22, 2023, killing at an after-hours club at 1038 Union Boulevard in Allentown.

Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca announced the arrest of Alberto Jose Rios-Santiago, 26, of Deltona. They said is he awaiting extradition to Lehigh County.

Rios-Santiago is charged with criminal homicide and two counts each of aggravated assault and possession of instruments of a crime, relating to the death of Blessing Taveras, 28, of Schnecksville, who was shot around 4:45 a.m. on the above date. The Lehigh County Coroner ruled the death a homicide. Two other victims were injured by gunfire that morning.

The case was investigated by Lehigh County’s 12th Investigating Grand Jury, Allentown Police Detective Raymond T. Ferraro and the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force Detective Moses Miller. The complaint and presentment are both sealed, according to the DA’s press released.

The case will be prosecuted by Chief of Prosecutions Patricia Fuentes Mulqueen and Assistant District Attorney Sis-Obed G. Torres-Figueroa.