A 19-year-old man is to appear in court on Tuesday charged with the murder of Richard Miskelly.
The teenager, who will appear before Ards Magistrates Court, has also been charged with perverting the course of justice.
Co Down man Mr Miskelly (24) died early on Sunday following an assault outside a house on Bangor Road in Newtownards.
A second 19-year-old man was arrested but was released without charge on Monday night in connection with Mr Miskelly’s murder. However, he is to be reported to the Public Prosecution Service over an assault on a 27-year-old man on Bangor Road, Ards, on Sunday.
Mr Miskelly, from the Newtownards area, was discovered lying face down in the driveway of the property on Bangor Road. Despite treatment from ambulance staff he died at the scene.
It is believed he had been on a night out with friends before making his way to the house where an altercation took place.
The victim has been described as a young man with a “good heart” by close childhood friend Aaron Johnson.
“You were a really good lad with a good heart, would always help anyone out if they needed help, wouldn’t harm anyone,” he wrote in an online tribute.
“Thank you for the great, funny and helpful memories you gave me, I’ll always remember them all and never forget them mate,” he said.
A host of other tributes were also paid online.
Newtownards DUP councillor Naomi Armstrong-Cotter said a “sense of sorrow” hung over the area following the tragic death.
“There is a sense of shock felt right through the community because you just don’t see this sort of thing happen here,” she said.
“There is a real sense of sorrow that a life that has been lost in such tragic circumstances.”
