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Jeremias Ferrufino-Rodriguez leaves Nassau police headquarters Monday in Mineola.

Jeremias Ferrufino-Rodriguez leaves Nassau police headquarters Monday in Mineola. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp

Nassau County police have arrested and charged a Hempstead teen in connection with the fatal shooting Saturday of an acquaintance as the victim moved his mother into a new apartment, authorities said.

Jeremias Ferrufino-Rodriguez, 18, was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the killing of Jefferson J. Mancia-Fernandez, 19, also of Hempstead, police said.

Mancia-Fernandez was walking at 12:20 p.m. Saturday on Graham Avenue in Hempstead during the move when Ferrufino-Rodriguez pulled up in a car at the intersection of Peninsula Boulevard and allegedly shot him once in the chest, Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick, commanding officer of the Nassau homicide squad, said.

"These two individuals knew each other; this was a targeted event," Fitzpatrick said. "Apparently, there's some friction between them from the neighborhood, and on that particular day they ended up in the same location at the same time."

Fitzpatrick said detectives were investigating whether Ferrufino-Rodriguez had been stalking Mancia-Fernandez before he pulled up and opened fire from behind the wheel. A weapon has not been recovered, he said.

Police searched the neighborhood and served multiple search warrants, leading to Ferrufino-Rodriguez's arrest at his home early Sunday morning, Fitzpatrick said.

Ferrufino-Rodriguez has no prior criminal record, according to Fitzpatrick.

At his arraignment Monday in First District Court in Hempstead, Ferrufino-Rodriguez pleaded not guilty and was held without bail, according to court records.

George Albert Michel IV, listed in court records as Ferrufino-Rodriguez's defense attorney, was not immediately available for comment late Monday.

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