A wild melee erupted inside a Lengthy Island courtroom when a homicide suspect confronted a choose for the primary time.
The suspect, 18-year-old Jeremias Ferrufino Rodriguez, was arrested on second-degree homicide costs. Nassau County Police mentioned he shot and killed one other teen Saturday at an intersection in Hempstead, the place he lives.
After a county choose ordered Ferrufino Rodriguez held with out bail on Monday, a younger man sitting within the courtroom shouted a number of occasions to the defendant, telling Ferrufino Rodriguez to “hold your head up.”
As New York state courtroom officers tried to take away the unidentified man, the confrontation turned violent. Not less than a half dozen courtroom officers finally pinned the person to the bottom and later, dragged him from courtroom.
A spokesperson for the Nassau County district legal professional’s workplace mentioned the unidentified man gave the impression to be a member of the defendant’s household. It was not instantly clear if he was arrested.
Through the incident, an unidentified lady shouted on the courtroom officers, asking “why are so many of you holding him down? He has rights.” The girl later refused to touch upon the incident.
Ferrufino-Rodriguez knew his alleged sufferer, 19-year-old Jefferson Mancia Fernandez, who was within the strategy of serving to his mother transfer to a brand new condominium Saturday, in keeping with Nassau County Police Murder Commander Det. Captain Stephen Fitzpatrick.
Mancia Fernandez was strolling close to the intersection of West Graham Avenue and Virginia Avenue when a automotive pulled up alongside him. A gunman fired one shot from the automotive, putting Mancia Fernandez within the chest. He later died.
Police arrested Ferrufino Rodriguez Sunday at his Hempstead house. No homicide weapon has been recovered, in keeping with Captain Fitzpatrick.
“These two individuals knew each other, this was a targeted event,” mentioned Capt. Fitzpatrick. “Apparently there is some friction between them from the neighborhood.”
The precise motive for the capturing stays unclear however police say for now, there look like no gang connections.
Each teenagers, police say are U.S. residents. Ferrufino-Rodriguez has no prior legal document.
