SPRING VALLEY – Police have arrested two men in connection with the September 20, 2025 shooting death of another man at 2 Dutch Lane in Spring Valley. The victim, whose name was not made public, died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern later that day.

Following an intensive investigation, Spring Valley Police arrested two men on murder charges – 21-year-old Doodly Metellus of Ramapo, and 20-year-old Smay Dornaison of Spring Valley.

A loaded gun was recovered when police arrested Metellus. He was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

Both men were arraigned and remanded to the Rockland County Jail.

Assisting Spring Valley Police in the investigation were the FBI New York-Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office, as well as the Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Sheriff’s Office Intelligence Unit and K-9 Unit, Ramapo Police and an MTA K-9 Unit.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Spring Valley Police at 845-356-7400.



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