Officials: Philadelphia man hit ex-girlfriend with gun, shoots another man in Christmas Eve shooting
Fausto Adalberto-Rodriguez
TRENTON, N.J. - A man has been arrested and charged after an altercation at his ex-girlfriend's home quickly escalated into a fatal shooting, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.
Fausto Adalberto-Rodriguez, 45, is charged with murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses.
Officials say the Philadelphia man showed up at his ex-girlfriend's Walnut Avenue apartment in Trenton to try and talk to her on Christmas Eve.
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An altercation ensued after he found her and another man in the apartment, according to the prosecutor's office. He then allegedly hit her in the head with a handgun, shot the man and fled the scene.
The man, identified as 40-year-old Junior Rodriguez, was found with a gunshot wound to the head and pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Adalberto-Rodriguez was taken into custody in Trenton a short time later. The shooting is under investigation.