A teenage unlawful immigrant who shot and killed a lady in a Occasions Sq. clothes retailer Thursday evening earlier than opening hearth on New York Metropolis cops was arrested Friday afternoon after a manhunt.
“The capturing incident final evening in Occasions Sq. was excess of reckless,” stated NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban. “In the midst of the busiest, largely extremely trafficked a part of city, a legal with a firearm decides to drag the set off.”
In line with Cabana, Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figureoa, 15, was taken into custody round 3:30 p.m. by the U.S. Marshals Service in Yonkers, New York.
Authorities stated {the teenager} had been dwelling in a brief shelter after coming to the nation from Venezuela in September and staying on the Stratford Arms Resort.
Rivas-Figureoa walked into the JD Sports activities retailer in Occasions Sq. with two different youngsters and grabbed some garments earlier than attempting to go away.
Because the officer confronted the three juveniles, the suspect fired into the gang, lacking his goal and hitting a 38-year-old girl visiting from Brazil.
The capturing got here practically two weeks after a bunch of unlawful aliens attacked two NYPD officers additionally in Occasions Sq..
