Man charged in execution style NYC murder during meeting to buy motorcycles

MOTT HAVEN, Bronx (WABC) -- A man is now facing charges in what police called an execution-style murder in the Bronx.

Manuel Reyes, 23, was arrested on murder and manslaughter charges.
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Police said three friends from Rockland County arranged to buy two motorcycles via social media and drove to a desolate spot under the Major Deegan Expressway to meet the sellers.

But what unfolded was no simple sales agreement.

When the sellers arrived last week, police say Reyes pulled out a gun and shot one of the buyers, 20-year-old Jefferson Hernandez, multiple times in the face.
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The two friends who witnessed the 20-year-old's death were uninjured and were cooperating with detectives.

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