Authorities say 56-year-old Israel Elves was taken into custody and was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Officers found 42-year-old Hope Pearson with multiple bullet wounds in a building lobby on Rockaway Parkway in Brownsville on Monday.
Pearson was rushed to a nearby hospital but did not survive her injuries.
Pearson did not live in the building.
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