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Man, 19, Faces Murder Charge In Port Jefferson Shooting: Police

The man was arrested on Saturday after police say he shot a man dead on the village's Main Street on Wednesday in broad daylight.

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Joseph Garcia, 19, of Port Jefferson Station, was charged on Saturday with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting in Port Jefferson on Wednesday, Suffolk police said.
Joseph Garcia, 19, of Port Jefferson Station, was charged on Saturday with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting in Port Jefferson on Wednesday, Suffolk police said. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

PORT JEFFERSON, NY — Joseph Garcia, 19, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested on Saturday in connection with a fatal shooting in Port Jefferson on Wednesday, Suffolk police said.

Garcia was charged with second-degree murder.

Garcia shot and killed David Bliss Jr., 25, of Shirley, around 3:35 p.m. Wednesday in front of 122 Main St., police said. Bliss Jr. was found on the ground with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, police said.

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Garcia will be held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Sunday. Police are still investigating.

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