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A Saginaw man wanted in connection with a 2019 murder and the shooting of a woman on Thursday, Jan. 7, has been found dead. About 11:30 a.m. Friday , police responded to Wickes Park Drive in Saginaw and discovered the body of 25-year-old Joseph T. Black. Black had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and investigators are treating the death as a homicide, said Michigan State Police Lt. Lizabeth Rich. Police have not identified any suspects in the shooting and Rich could not disclose additional details. The previous day at about 9 p.m., the Saginaw Major Crimes Unit issued a statement saying they were seeking the public’s help in finding Black. In addition to a 2019 murder warrant, Black was wanted in connection with the shooting of a 26-year-old woman that occurred about 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in the 1100 block of Brockway Road in Saginaw. The woman was left in critical condition. Black has been wanted since authorities issued an open murder warrant for him on Jan. 29, 2020. That warrant stems from the homicide of Richard L. Townsend Jr., 26, found shot in front of a residence in the 3100 block of Mysylvia Drive in Buena Vista Township on Dec. 9, 2019. If Black’s manner of death is ruled to be homicide, it will be the second in Saginaw County so far this year. The first was that of Jamel J. Lynn, 22, found shot to death in a vehicle in the area of Wilkins and Elsie streets in Spaulding Township on the night of Jan. 5.