A man was arrested on Friday in connection with a homicide that disturbed a quiet Monmouth County neighborhood last week, prosecutors said.
The victim,
Rolando Acte Mejia
, 36, was found fatally shot inside his car in Howell Township shortly after 6:30 a.m. last Thursday, authorities previously said.
Juan Jesus Mejia Yanza, 33, was taken into custody at his home without incident after investigators identified him as a suspect in the case, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said in a Saturday news release.
Yanza faces charges of first-degree murder and two related second-degree weapons offenses.
A more precise timeline of the investigation, as well as further details, were not immediately available.
Both Yanza and Mejia were from Howell.
The nature of their relationship was not immediately clear. Investigators said the shooting was an isolated incident.
Yanza was in custody at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution as of Saturday, awaiting his first court date in Monmouth County Superior Court.
An investigation into the matter remains ongoing.
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