Suspect charged with murder after man found fatally shot in Center City hotel on Christmas, police say

Published December 27, 2022 11:09 AM EST

Mehkial Heredia, 24, has been charged with murder, burglary and posession of an instrument of crime in connection with the deadly shooting of a man inside a Center City hotel. 

The Philadelphia Police Department has arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of a man who was found dead in a Philadelphia hotel on Christmas. 

According to police, 24-year-old Mehkial Heredia of Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, has been arrested and charged with murder, burglary and possession of an instrument of crime. 

Authorities say officers responded to the 200 block of N 17th Street, a Sheraton Hotel, just before 3 p.m. on Sunday. 

Police say the man had a single gunshot wound to the forehead and medics pronounced him dead on scene at 3:19 p.m. 

Heredia was taken into police custody on Monday around 12:25 p.m., per officials. 

No additional information was released by police at this time. 

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