By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• NYPD detectives investigating a fatal Bronx shooting received a confession from a neighbor while seeking Ring camera footage.
• Detectives knocked on the 76-year-old neighbor’s door after the April 2 hallway shooting of a 21-year-old man.
• The neighbor reportedly admitted, “I’m the one who shot him,” leading to his arrest on murder and manslaughter charges.
• The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital; arraignment in Bronx criminal court was pending.
BRONX, NY — NYPD detectives investigating a fatal shooting in a Bronx apartment building hallway said they received a confession from a neighbor while seeking Ring camera footage that might have captured the incident.
Detectives knocked on the door of a 76-year-old man near the scene of the April 2 shooting of a 21-year-old man inside a hallway on Richman Plaza in Morris Heights, asking if he had video from his doorbell camera.
Instead of providing footage, the neighbor reportedly told officers, “I’m the one who shot him,” according to law enforcement sources, and he was subsequently charged with murder and manslaughter in connection with the killing.
The 21-year-old victim was shot in the chest and later died at St. Barnabas Hospital, authorities said. Family members described him as trying to quell an argument in the hallway when he was struck.
Arraignment for the suspect was pending in Bronx criminal court; investigators continue to process the case.