A domestic dispute in a third-floor apartment at 522 River Street in Paterson, New Jersey, ended in gunfire in the early morning. Police went to the scene at about 2:00 a.m. and found 28-year-old Myesha Montgomery and a 30-year-old man with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where Montgomery was pronounced dead; the male victim was treated for his injuries.

Investigators later identified 34-year-old Rondell Gray as the suspect in the shooting. Less than a week later, on January 14, Gray was charged with murder, attempted murder, and a weapons offense in connection with the incident. At the time of the homicide Gray was a registered sex offender.

Gray was apprehended at 674 East 31st Street by the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force of the United States Marshal Service while being held on an outstanding warrant for violating Community Supervision for Life. A search of the apartment where he was found turned up a heroin mill and led to multiple drug charges against Gray and another person, Julio Ortiz, who also had an outstanding warrant. Bail was set for the drug offenses but not for the murder charge.

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