NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The man who posed as a delivery worker and shot a 30-year-old man dead in his East Village apartment earlier this year has been arrested, police said Friday.
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Jeffrey Faustin, who police say has been in federal custody, is now charged with murder for the shooting of Davon Venable.
The 28-year-old pleaded guilty last month in Brooklyn Federal Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to records reviewed by the Daily News.
Friday's update comes after Venable was found by police on Jan. 14 inside his fourth-floor apartment at Lillian Wald Houses with gunshot wounds to the back and neck.
Video released at the time by the NYPD showed Faustin dressed as a food delivery worker, wearing a reflective jacket, helmet and carrying two bags.
Faustin reportedly knocked on Venable's door and asked, "Did you order an Uber?"
He then opened fire when the 30-year-old answered his door, according to the report.
Venable was rushed by EMS to Mount Sinai-Beth Israel Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The motive for the shooting remains unclear.
Faustin, of Brooklyn, previously served two years in state prison for a weapons conviction and was paroled in May 2017, court records showed.
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