A pair of Cuban migrants wanted on attempted murder charges in Florida were nabbed with a gun after checking into a city-run Queens shelter on Thursday, police and sources said.
Jaroscar Chavez Silva, 36, and his 30-year-old brother Roshiel Chavez Silva, were on the lam after the near-fatal shooting in Orlando last month when they got off a bus in the Big Apple and checked into the massive shelter at the former Creedmoor Psychiatric Hospital, the sources said.
The two were sought on a warrant issued in Florida on Sept. 16 and were tracked to the five boroughs by the US Marshals Service, according to sources.
Jaroscar Chavez Silva, a Cuban national, was hit with gun charges after getting busted at a Queens shelter. He and his brother, Roshiel, are wanted for attempted murder in Florida.
Jaroscar and Roshiel Chavez Silva, Cuban migrant brothers, were nabbed at the Creedmoor shelter in Queens after fleeing an attempted murder rap in Florida. Gabriella BassSources said the brothers were hiding out in the city for days or weeks before they checked into the shelter and were nabbed.
The fugitives were questioned at the 105th Precinct stationhouse.
Jaroscar Chavez Silva turned away from cameras on Thursday as cops led him to a squad car. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post
Jaroscar Chavez Silva, who was later led out of the station in handcuffs, was due to be arraigned on two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in Queens Criminal Court, the NYPD said.
He turned away from news cameras and said nothing — with federal agents glaring at him — as he was led into a waiting squad car.
His brother is not being charged in New York but has been turned over to Marshals and is due to be extradited to Florida, according to authorities.
Federal law enforcement sources said that Jaroscar Chavez Silva crossed the US-Mexico border at San Luis, Arizona, in March 2022 and was released on his own recognizance.
He was scheduled to face an immigration judge next month.
The site of the former Creedmoor Psychiatric Center was converted into a 1,000-bed migrant shelter, which has irked local residents. James MesserschmidtRoshiel Chavez Silva entered the US at Brownsville, Texas, in May 2023 and was released after requesting asylum, the sources said.
He was given a March 2025 court date to make his case for asylum.
Both brothers said they were headed to Florida, according to the sources.
Orlando police and Marshals Service officials did not respond to a request for comment.
The 1,000-bed Creedmoor shelter is one of dozens of facilities across the five boroughs retrofitted to handle the flood of migrants from the US border now in the city.
Creedmoor and other shelters have been the subject of protests by residents and officials up in arms over sporadic outbreaks of violence — including by members of the vicious Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua, which has used the facilities to launch a local crime wave.
— Additional reporting by Jennie Taer
