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Officers from the New Rochelle Police Department responded to a Union Avenue home at around 8:10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, where there was a report of a man who had been shot in the chest.
New Rochelle Police Capt. Cosmo Costa said that upon arrival, officers found the 27-year-old man had been shot twice in the chest. The officers treated the victims until paramedics arrived.
The man was transported to an area hospital for additional treatment on non-life-threatening injuries.
According to Costa, “this was not a random act, the shooting occurred inside the apartment, and both both the victim and suspect know each other.
The investigation led police to identify Mount Vernon resident Richard Hayes, 23, as a suspect, who was arrested on Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers at 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15.
Hayes has been charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
He is currently awaiting arraignment in New Rochelle City Court.
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