PORT JERVIS, NY — A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that left one person dead over the weekend.
David Rombousek, of Port Jervis, was taken into custody on Feb. 15 at approximately 7:35 p.m. after officers located him in a rear yard on Ball Street.
The arrest followed a tip from a citizen who reported seeing the suspect walking near Ball Street and Cole Street.
Officers and detectives responded and apprehended Rombousek without incident.
The arrest stems from a homicide that occurred on Feb. 15 at approximately 12:32 a.m., when police responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the area of 145–147 Hammond Street in the city’s Fourth Ward.
Upon arrival, officers discovered Jason Finch, 43, of Port Jervis, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body following a disturbance in front of the residence.
Emergency aid was rendered at the scene by members of the Port Jervis Police Department and Port Jervis Ambulance.
Finch was transported to Bon Secours Hospital for emergency treatment, but later succumbed to his injuries.
An investigation was conducted by the Port Jervis City Police Department, the New York State Police, and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, with support from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, and the Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center.
Rombousek has been charged with murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
He was held overnight in the Port Jervis City Lock-Up facility and arraigned in Orange County Central Arraignment Court, where he was remanded to the Orange County Correctional Facility without bail, pending grand jury evaluation.
