Christopher Perdomo, of Georgia, indicted for murder of Linver Ortiz Ponce, of Central Islip

A Georgia man was indicted on a first-degree murder charge after he allegedly shot and killed a man who parked in front of his friend's house in Central Islip in September 2022, prosecutors said.

Christopher Perdomo, 27, is among seven people charged in the indictment after the group allegedly tracked down Linver Ortiz Ponce, 29, before Perdomo shot him multiple times as he attempted to crawl away in a Bay Shore church parking lot, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.

"The alleged murder in this case occurred with no provocation and for no good reason," District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a statement. "No one deserves to suffer a violent death for simply parking a car. The alleged brutality showed here is unconscionable."

Perdomo's lawyer urged people not to jump to conclusions. "I assure you that the truth about what happened and why, and who bears responsibility will become clear as this case proceed," Manhattan-based attorney Robert C. Gottlieb said in an email.

Prosecutors said Kayla Alvarenga, 22, of Central Islip, called Perdomo and others to her house after she asked Ortiz Ponce to move his red Chevy Camaro from in front of her house shortly before midnight on Sept. 16, 2022. Alvarenga is also accused of urging Perdomo to pull the trigger after he first beat Ortiz Ponce with the gun, prosecutors said.

Perdomo arrived at Alvarenga's house with three teens — ages 16 and 17 — in a BMW they allegedly stole during a carjacking earlier that evening in Bay Shore, according to a news release from the district attorney. The group allegedly dragged Ortiz Ponce, a stranger to them, from his Camaro and stole that vehicle as well, prosecutors said. Two additional teens joined Alvarenga in the Camaro.

After Ortiz Ponce got away from the area on foot, the group, driving in the two allegedly stolen vehicles, located him at a Shell gas station and dragged him into the BMW, which prosecutors said was captured on surveillance video.

Alvarenga then told the group she knew of a church she believed had no cameras outside where they could take Ortiz Ponce to kill him, prosecutors said. The defendants were seen arriving and leaving the scene of the alleged killing on cameras the church did have.

Suffolk Police Det. Luis Cabrera led the investigation with assistance from law enforcement in North Carolina, Georgia and Schenectady, where they tracked down the defendants in other jurisdictions, prosecutors said.

Perdomo was arraigned last Wednesday on first- and second-degree murder charges, along with felony counts for kidnapping, robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy. He faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted on the top charge.

Acting State Supreme Court Justice Anthony Senft remanded Perdomo to the county jail.

Alvarenga will be arraigned on similar charges Oct. 30, and the five adolescent offenders remain in custody, prosecutors said.

"We will seek justice for Mr. Ortiz Ponce and his family by aggressively prosecuting this vicious crime," Tierney said in the news release.

By Grant Parpan

grant.parpan@newsday.com@GrantParpan

Grant Parpan covers Suffolk County courts and federal courts for Newsday. A Long Island native, he joined Newsday in 2022.