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Police say a 23-year-old man has been charged in connection to the fatal shooting of 61-year-old Excenia Mette in Harlem last week. Ricky Shelby surrendered to police Monday morning and was has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Police say the woman caught between two groups firing shots at each other last week
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Okay, Fox 5's Arthur Chan live in Harlem. And Arthur, this arrest bringing some relief to a heartbroken neighborhood tonight
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Yeah, and they really desperately needed it. It was last Tuesday around 10 o'clock at night here on Lenox Avenue, right off 113th Street
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that that grandmother was inside 65 Lenox Avenue here. That's when gunfire erupted
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She ran outside to check on her grandson and was struck in the head
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and killed on the spot here. You can see a vigil has been set up here since last week
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with loving notes, photographs, candles, and such. Now, let's show you what happened a couple of hours ago
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Police tell us that 23-year-old Ricky Shelby, who they were looking for in connection with their shooting
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turned himself in to the precinct here up in Harlem. He is a Bronx resident who lives at 1530 Story Avenue
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He has been arrested and charged at this point with murder in the second degree, attempted murder in the second degree
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and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, facing four counts of that
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As for the victim herself, Xenia Mede was 61 years old, a resident here
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Some neighbors refer to her as Mama Z and say that she opened a deli in the 1980s which they say made her the first black woman to own a bodega here in our city Amongst those who have spoken out about her murder Mayor Adams himself Reverend Al Sharpton
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and others talking about how she was a pillar in the neighborhood, in the community, and an innocent grandmother
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Here's some of the reaction to people here learning that the shooter has turned himself in, the alleged shooter
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He took responsibility. That's a good thing. You know, everybody take responsibility for what they do
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It should be a better world. The young people have nothing to do. You know what I'm saying
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It's like, I find something to do other than guns. Now, take a look at Darius Smith
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This 23-year-old was arrested last week, also here at the scene. He was shot in the foot
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Police believe he and Shelby, who turned himself in today, were shooting at each other
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but ended up shooting and killing the grandmother. Smith himself has been charged with attempted murder
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Meanwhile, here at the scene, police say Shelby was arrested on the same street corner here in the year 2020
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The details of that we don't know right now. Shelby is currently awaiting his arraignment at 100 Center Street down in Lower Manhattan
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Maybe we'll find out more when that happens. That's the latest from up here in Harlem
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Arthur Chien, Fox News. Back to you guys. All right, Arthur, thank you
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