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Suicidal NJ Man Who Turned Up In ER Charged With Shooting Bronx Uncle Dead Suicidal NJ Man Who Turned Up In ER Charged With Shooting Bronx Uncle Dead
Suicidal NJ Man Who Turned Up In ER Charged With Shooting Bronx Uncle Dead 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 …