Haverstraw Police have identified a local man they believe is responsible for Monday afternoon’s fatal shooting of a Pomona man on Fairmount Avenue. They say they are looking for 18-year-old Yandie Martinez of Haverstraw, and they consider him to be armed and dangerous. They posted several photos of him on their Facebook page (details below), he’s got distinctive tattoos on his neck and arm. He’s described as a male, Hispanic, six feet tall, 170 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police say the victim, 29 year-old Christian Alvarado, had crashed his car into a parked car around 4pm Monday near 9 Fairmount Avenue, he was found on the sidewalk with multiple bullet wounds to his torso. He was treated at the scene and later pronounced dead at Montefiore Nyack Hospital. If you have any information, call the Haverstraw Police Department, at 845-354-1500. WABC Eyewitness News reported the victim and suspect knew each other. Sheriff Lou Falco told “The Morning Show” Martinez had recently been released from juvenile detention and was known to the Haverstraw Police. This incident was already the fourth homicide in Rockland in 2024. There were four homicides in the county all of last year.
