A Jamaican man in New York has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting death of his niece on Monday night in the Bronx.<\/p>\n
Michael Foster, 58, was on Wednesday charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n
Julia Anderson, whose parents are Jamaicans, was shot and killed in the Wakefield section of the Bronx just before midnight on Monday.<\/p>\n
According to police and media reports, Anderson was in her motor vehicle, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, along Murdock Avenue and another roadway when she was shot twice in the chest.<\/p>\n
She was reportedly attended to by emergency medical personnel but was pronounced dead on arrival at Jacobi Hospital.<\/p>\n
Police are yet to establish a motive for the killing.<\/p>\n
Anderson, who lived in Mount Vernon with her mother, less than a mile from where she was killed, was reportedly on her way home from work when the shooting occurred.<\/p>\n
Police initially believed she had been shot by someone riding a moped.<\/p>\n
Officers reportedly recovered two shell casings at the scene.<\/p>\n
A resident living near the scene said they heard two gunshots, followed by a woman screaming for help.<\/p>\n
Other witnesses said they saw a moped speed away from the scene immediately after the shots were fired.<\/p>\n
However, it has not yet been determined whether the rider was the shooter or someone fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n
Anderson’s mother, Beverly Patterson, told a local news outlet that her younger daughter was the one who broke the news to her.<\/p>\n
“My heart felt like it was going to come out [on hearing the news],” Patterson told a local television station.<\/p>\n
According to Patterson, her daughter usually got home around midnight from work.<\/p>\n
“Usually when she comes home I hear some kind of little noise. That’s how I know she is home. But then I was wondering what happened,” Patterson said.<\/p>\n
Family members described Anderson as a hardworking woman who worked with people with disabilities.<\/p>\n
Loved ones said she was just one month away from her 40th birthday.<\/p>\n
– Lester Hinds<\/p>\n
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