Migrant fugitives who fled Florida on attempted murder rap nabbed with guns inside packed NYC shelter

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 Oct. 3 near-fatal shooting in Orlando when they got off a bus in the Big Apple and checked into the massive shelter at the former Creedmor Psychiatric Hospital, the sources said.

The two were were sought on a Florida warrant issued on Sept. 17 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 Creedmor shelter in Queens after fleeing an attempted murder rap in Florida. Gabriella Bass

The fugitives were being questioned at the 105th Precinct stationhouse Thursday afternoon and were due to be arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on fugitive charges later in the day.

Jaroscar Chavez Silva is also being charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD reported.

Orlando police and the Marshals Service officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The 1,000-bed Creedmor shelter is one of dozens of facilities across the five boroughs retro-fitted to handle the flood of migrants from the US border who are now in the city.

The site of the former Creedmor Psychiatric Center was converted into a 1,000-bed migrant shelter that has irked local residents. James Messerschmidt

Creedmor 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.

Meanwhile, the US Marshals are in the midst of a massive nationwide roundup of criminal migrants dubbed Operation North Star, which has so far taken more than 3,400 illegals into custody.