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.
PHILADELPHIA - 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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Man shot in the head inside Center City hotel
A man is dead after police say a shooting erupted inside a hotel in Center City on Christmas Day.