Man Gets Murder Charge After Victim Found Shot In Head In Yonkers: Police (Update)

Yonkers resident Fidencio Abreu, age 41, was arraigned in Westchester County Court on one count of second-degree murder and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in connection with a fatal incident on Friday, July 11, the Yonkers Police Department announced on Monday, July 14.

As previously reported by Daily Voice, the shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of Ludlow Street and Riverdale Avenue. Responding officers found 35-year-old Francisco Vallejo, a Yonkers resident, with a single gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died shortly after arrival.

Investigators determined that Abreu and Vallejo knew each other and had been involved in a dispute that escalated when Abreu allegedly fired one round at Vallejo before fleeing the scene, police said…

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