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Police say 21-year-old Tyrese Coghiel arrested in shooting death of 14-year-old Zyaire Fernandez in Mount Vernon

By CBS New York Team

/ CBS New York

Arrest made in shooting death of 14-year-old in Mount Vernon

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a teenager in Westchester County.

Police say 21-year-old Tyrese Coghiel was taken into custody early Tuesday morning in Brooklyn.

Investigators believe he's the one who shot and killed 14-year-old Zyaire Fernandez last Thursday in the the courtyard of Levister Towers in Mount Vernon.

The suspect was arraigned on murder and gun possession charges.

A motive is not yet clear. 

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