Police confirm that a 29-year-old man from East Harlem has been arrested in the context of the murder investigation of Omar Sepúlveda, 20, of Fordham Heights, who died in August following a shooting inside a residential building in Fordham Heights.

 

Police responded to a call regarding an assault inside an apartment of a residential building on Creston Avenue, located in the 46th precinct, on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at approximately 7.11 p.m.

 

Upon arrival, officers observed the 20-year-old victim with three gunshot wounds, lying unconscious and unresponsive inside the hallway of the location. EMS responded and transported the victim to Saint Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

 

The deceased was later identified as Omar Sepúlveda of Creston Avenue in Fordham Heights, The Bronx.

 

Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, police confirmed that Roberto Guzman, 29, of East Harlem in Manhattan was arrested on Monday, Sept. 13, at 10.45 a.m. in the 46th precinct. Guzman was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon (a loaded firearm).

A person arrested and accused of a crime is innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.

 

The investigation remains ongoing.

 

On Friday, Sept. 10, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, colleagues in government, community leaders, clergy and cure violence organizations, to discuss resources needed in the community from the federal government to address the violence on Bronx streets.

Schumer shared that he is pushing for funding for at least $5 billion on an annual basis for the City Of New York to expand services for cure violence organizations. As reported, additional funding for Jacobi Medical Center’s cure violence program was recently approved, based on requests from the New York elected officials.