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Nassau County Police Third Precinct Officers responded to a New Cassel residence for a domestic disturbance on Saturday, April 9 at around 12:30 a.m.
Upon arrival, officers located the 19-year-old with a gunshot wound to her chest, said police.
The suspect, Brian Mercado-Ventura, age 21, of Westbury, was placed into police custody without further incident., police said
The victim was transported by a Nassau County Police Department Ambulance to a local hospital where she is in stable condition. No other injuries were reported.
Mercado-Ventura has been charged with:
- Second-degree assault,
- Second-degree menacing,
- Criminal possession of a firearm,
- Second-degree reckless endangerment,
- Aggravated criminal contempt,
- Tampering with physical evidence.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on Sunday, April 10 at First District Court in Hempstead.
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