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Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle
Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle UPDATE: A Fair Lawn man accused of shooting his uncle dead in the Bronx earlier this month was being held on Riker’s Island after being extradited to New York from New Jersey to face justice, authorities said. Jonathan Mejia, 24, was brought from the Bergen County Jail to Bronx Criminal Court, where he was formally charged Wednesday with murder, manslaughter and weapons possession. Prosecutors said Mejia shot Daniel Valdez, 43, in victim's home near West 234th Street in the borough's Kingsbridge section after an argument got physical on May 2. Valdez had let Mejia in, then was shot in the …

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MURDER: Fair Lawn Man, 24, Held In Uncle's Bronx Slaying After Going To HUMC Emergency Room MURDER: Fair Lawn Man, 24, Held In Uncle's Bronx Slaying After Going To HUMC Emergency Room
Murder: Fair Lawn Man, 24, Held In Uncle's Bronx Slaying After Going To Humc Emergency Room A Fair Lawn man was being held in New Jersey in connection with the shooting death of his uncle in the Bronx. Detectives with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office began investigating after Jonathan Mejia, 24, showed up at the emergency room at Hackensack University Medical Center with his mother on Tuesday, May 3, ranking law enforcement sources confirmed. The suspect's mother "reported that Mejia may have shot and killed his uncle in the Bronx" the night before -- in what's formally known as avunculicide -- and had become suicidal, one of them told Daily Voice. "She reported he did …

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by Jerry DeMarco