Half a dozen men now face federal charges in connection with the shooting death of a social media influencer on the Cross County Parkway in Westchester last summer.
The task force working the killing of Ariela Mejia-Polanco cast a wide net, and now the alleged gang members are charged in a total of five homicides in New York and New Jersey.
The death of Ariela Mejia-Polanco
It was on a Sunday morning last August when nightlife influencer Mejia-Polanco was shot dead in her Mercedes G-Class SUV on the Cross County, just yards from her Mount Vernon home.
Investigators now believe six members of a violent street gang targeted her for a carjacking, adding they may have seen her flashy posts on Instagram…