SPRING VALLEY, NY — Two suspects have now been arrested in a fatal shooting in Rockland County.
The Spring Valley Police Department says that on Sep. 20, around 5:12 p.m., officers responded to Dutch Lane after receiving a report of shots fired.
At the scene, police found an unresponsive 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound. Officers started CPR until EMTs arrived.
The victim was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
After a months-long investigation, on Thursday, the Spring Valley Police Department arrested 21-year-old Doodly Metellus, of Ramapo, and 20-year-old Smay Dornaison, of Spring Valley.
While apprehending Metellus, officers found a loaded firearm in his possession, according to authorities.
He was charged with felony second-degree murder; and felony second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Dornaison was charged was charged with felony second-degree murder.
The pair was arraigned in the Village of Spring Valley Justice Court, and were remanded to the Rockland County Jail.
The Spring Valley Police Department thanked the FBI New York–Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, the Rockland County District Attorney's Office, the Rockland County Sheriff's Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Rockland County Sheriff's Office Intelligence Unit, the Rockland County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit, the Ramapo Police Department, and the MTA Police K-9 Unit for their help in the investigation.
The Spring Valley Police Department asking anyone with information about the incident contact the department at 845-356-7400.
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