Saturday, May 4, 2013

Man extradited to New York in connection with April 13 shooting on East 3rd Street


[April 13]

Back in the early afternoon hours on April 13, a man was shot in the stomach on East Third Street and Avenue C. One witness described the incident as "a drug deal gone bad."

The Post today reports of an arrest in the shooting.

According to the report, NYPD detectives, working with police in New Bedford, Mass., arrested 44-year-old José Cintron there ... he was extradited to New York this past week. Police reportedly found 120 grams of heroin on Cintron.

"He was charged there with drug possession and being a fugitive from justice, and in New York with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon."

The victim of the gunshot underwent surgery on his small intestine at Bellevue Hospital, according to the Post.

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