A Bronx man accused of being the hit man in a drug-linked triple execution near Columbia University admitted to cops he recognized himself in video surveillance recorded near the murder scene that was later broadcast, authorities said.
“I saw myself on TV,” Roberto Nunez, 30, said after he was busted at hisbrother’s Bronx home Saturday, according to court papers released after his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday.
Nunez’s attorney did not enter a plea as prosecutors outlined their evidence.
“This is a strong case in which police have obtained DNA from a shirt and matched it to the defendant,” Assistant DA Brandon Phillips told Judge Arthur Engoron, who ordered Nunez held without bail.
Nunez allegedly carried out the June 7 execution of the three men in a BMW in retaliation for their rippingoff other drug dealers.