Hotel Killer Shot Victim In Head On Christmas Day, Philly Police Say

Philadelphia police have arrested the man they say shot and killed another in a Center City hotel room on Christmas Day, authorities told Daily Voice.

Mehkial Heredia, 24, is accused of fatally shooting a man in the head at a Philadelphia hotel on Christmas Day.
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Mac Bullock

12/27/2022 2:42 p.m.

Mehkial Heredia, 24, of Gilbertsville, is charged with murder and burglary and remains in police custody after bail was denied, state court records show.

First responders were called to the Sheraton Hotel on North 17th Street in Center City at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25. Inside, a 37-year-old black man was found dead with a single gunshot wound to the head, police said.

The next day, Monday, Dec. 26, Heredia was arrested. Department sources told 6abc that Heredia drove home to Gilbertsville and called the police to confess the killing after it was over.

The name of the victim has not been released, and investigators have not revealed an apparent motive.

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