Man Arrested, Charged in Bronx Shooting Death: Police

Jason Delgado was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in the shooting death of 24-year-old Roderick Romney

Police have arrested a 29-year-old man and charged him with murder in the fatal shooting of another man in the Bronx Sunday.

Jason Delgado was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in the shooting death of 24-year-old Roderick Romney.

Police found Romney shot in the stomach on University Avenue at around 5 a.m., and he was pronounced dead after being taken to St. Barnabas Hospital.

Delgado was identified as a suspect in the shooting based on an eyewitness account, and police found him carrying the gun pictured above.

Information on a lawyer for Delgado was not immediately available.

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