3 Face Charges In Fatal Peekskill Shooting

PEEKSKILL, NY — Three northern Westchester County men were accused of being involved in a fatal shooting of a man in Peekskill in January.

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah said Friday a county grand jury indicted Arnold Fernandez, 19, of Peekskill, for second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies, in the murder of Ricky Brickhouse in Peekskill.

Errick Lowe, 26, of Cortlandt Manor, and Omar Williams, 20, of Peekskill, were charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony.

The men were arraigned in Westchester County Court Thursday. Fernandez and Williams were sent to jail and bail was set for Lowe.

Prosecutors said, around 4:15 p.m. Jan. 29, Fernandez fired three shots at Brickhouse, 35, striking him once on Spring Street in Peekskill.

The men were charged with possessing a loaded .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol, which police said is believed to be the murder weapon.

Brickhouse was taken to New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Peekskill and then to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, where he died.

The Peekskill Police Department arrested the trio following a pursuit on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenburgh.

The Westchester County Department of Public Safety, the Westchester County Department of Public Safety’s Real Time Crime Center, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office High Technology Crime Squad and the Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research assisted with the investigation.