SPRING VALLEY, NY – Spring Valley Police Department arrest 2 men in connection with Labor Day Weekend Homicide.

On September 1st, at approximately 11:00 PM, officers from the Spring Valley Police Department were dispatched to the area of 150 Liberty Parkway apartment complex (Spring Valley) for a report of shots fired.

When the officers arrived on the scene, they found a male identified as 20-year-old Emerson Jean-Baptiste, of Spring Valley, NY, on the ground unresponsive. According to authorities, It was learned that Jean-Baptiste sustained a gunshot wound and he was ultimately transported to Nyack Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

The investigation was handled by the Spring Valley Detective Bureau and responding officers. The suspects fled to North Bergen, NJ, which is where they were both apprehended by the Bergen PD.

This morning the Spring Valley PD announced that 17-year-old Jayden Rodriguez of North Bergen, NJ, and 20-year-old Paul Miller of Haverstraw, NY, were arrested and both charged with Murder 2, an A Felony.
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Both Rodriguez and Miller are currently being held in New Jersey awaiting extradition back to New York for arraignment.

*No photos of the suspects have been released at this time. All information provided by the Spring Valley Police Department.