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 expenses. 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 instances 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. A minimum of 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 seemed to be a member of the defendant’s household. He was arrested and charged with contempt, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, in accordance with a courts spokesperson.
In the course of the incident, an unidentified girl shouted on the courtroom officers, asking “why are so many of you holding him down? He has rights.” The lady later refused to touch upon the incident.
Ferrufino-Rodriguez knew his alleged sufferer, 19-year-old Jefferson Mancia Fernandez, who was within the means of serving to his mother transfer to a brand new house Saturday, in accordance 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, hanging Mancia Fernandez within the chest. He later died.
Police arrested Ferrufino Rodriguez Sunday at his Hempstead residence. No homicide weapon has been recovered, in accordance 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 taking pictures stays unclear however police say for now, there seem like no gang connections.
Each teenagers, police say are U.S. residents. Ferrufino-Rodriguez has no prior prison file.
