Source: US Marshals Service
New York, NY – The U.S. Marshals (USMS) New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with the FBI, Aug. 14 located and arrested a man who had eluded police after exchanging gunfire on Aug. 12 with the New York Police Department (NYPD) and another man.
Aaron Richard is alleged to have engaged in a gunfight with Edynesson Bauduy after a dispute between the two men escalated.
An NYPD unit that witnessed the gunfire exchange engaged both men, and Bauduy was shot. A weapon was recovered at the scene. There were no injuries to law enforcement, but Richard fled.
The NYPD requested assistance from the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJ RFTF) to locate and apprehend Richard.
USMS investigators developed information that Richard was at a residence in the 300 block of Pine Street in Brooklyn. As RFTF investigators arrived and announced their presence, Richard attempted to flee out a window but was unsuccessful and placed under arrest by members of the task force.
The FBI and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s Office conducted a search warrant of the premises and recovered a firearm believed to have been used in the shooting.
Bauduy and Richard were charged with federal firearms violations.
The New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force began operations in April 2002 and was the first regional fugitive task force to become fully operational following the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000. The NY/NJRFTF was the flagship that allowed seven other regional fugitive task forces to be created across the country. With partnership agreements with over 90 federal, state, or local agencies and 13 fully operational offices, the NY/NJRFTF has successfully apprehended more than 100,000 fugitives since inception.