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Suspect arrested in fatal shooting at Upper East Side auto shop

Friday, September 10, 2021
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police have made an arrest in the murder of a man and shooting of another at an Upper East Side auto body shop.

Zachary Bryant, 37, is charged with felony murder, assault, criminal use of a firearm, and criminal possession of a weapon.

Police say Bryant was captured on surveillance footage walking into NYC Auto Inc. on East 95th Street last month and shooting two workers, killing one of them.
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Police say the suspect walked into the car shop and after some sort of verbal altercation with a 33-year-old employee, the suspect pulled out a gun and shot him in the head and shoulder.



He then reportedly shot a 43-year-old employee in the back.



Both men were rushed to the hospital where the 33-year-old Mario Gonzalez, said to be the shop's receptionist, was pronounced dead.

43-year-old William Fuentes was said to be stable.

Raw video from the scene of the shooting:
2 men shot outside Upper East Side auto body shop

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Police say Bryant fled the scene but was finally apprehended two and a half weeks later.

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