NEW YORK, NY. (THECOUNT) — Lashawn Mackey, of Brooklyn, New York, has been identified as the suspect arrested in the brutal killing of 74-year-old Maria Hernandez on Wednesday.
Mackey 47, was taken into custody and charged him with murder, attempted murder, and burglary in connection to the death of Hernandez on Wednesday.
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Hernandez was found “unconscious and unresponsive” inside an apartment on West 83rd Street, with her hands and feet tied. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A cause of death was not provided.
A motive in the killing has not yet been provided.
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