Ex-Boyfriend Charged With Murder In Brooklyn Correction Officer's Death

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The ex-boyfriend of a New York City correction officer found shot to death in a parked car in December is now facing murder charges.

Alastasia Bryan, 25, was shot on Dec. 4 at Avenue L and 73rd Street in Brooklyn while getting ready to drive to work at Rikers Island jail, where she had just started working as a correction officer a month before.

The gunman got out of a nearby vehicle, walked up to the driver's window and fired five rounds, killing Bryan instantly, police said.

The murder was caught on surveillance video.

Police initially arrested Bryan's ex-boyfriend, 34-year-old Keon Richmond, on Dec. 14 on separate charges after he was found hiding in a basement closet.

He was arrested Thursday on charges of with second-degree murder, criminal possession of weapon and criminal use of a firearm.

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