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A man has been arrested for fatally shooting his mother’s boyfriend in the head in Harlem, police said Monday.

Tomas Dunn, 22, turned himself in to cops Sunday, nearly three weeks after the deadly shooting at the Frederick Samuel Apartments on West 144th Street in Manhattan.

Dunn faces counts of murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the Sept. 30 shooting of 41-year-old Saladeen Cochrane, authorities said.

Cochrane, who had been dating Dunn’s mother, was found unresponsive in front of 112 W. 144th St. with a gunshot wound to the head just after 10 p.m., the NYPD stated.

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Tomas Dunn was arrested for allegedly shooting and killing his mother's boyfriend Saladeen Cochrane in Harlem on September 30, 2022.
Tomas Dunn was arrested for allegedly shooting and killing his mother’s boyfriend Saladeen Cochrane in Harlem on September 30, 2022.Christopher Sadowski
Dunn was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the fatal shooting.
Dunn was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the fatal shooting.Christopher Sadowski
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Cochrane was shot in the head at the at the Frederick Samuel Apartments.
Cochrane was shot in the head at the Frederick Samuel Apartments.Christopher Sadowski
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He was transported to NYC Health & Hospitals/Harlem, where he died three days later.

It’s unclear what sparked the shooting.

Cochrane was said to have had a lengthy rap sheet dating back 25 years, which included multiple drug convictions.

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