Police identified and released photos of a suspect wanted in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred in the Bronx on Easter Sunday.
Detectives from the Bronx’s 48th Precinct are leading the investigation and searching for 31-year-old Sh-Ward Bee, who has a last-known address in Mount Vernon, N.Y.
Law enforcement agents suspect Bee of shooting 29-year-old Stefon Barnes, of Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem, as he was shopping inside the Gourmet Deli on 851 East Tremont Ave. in West Farms at approximately 4:25 a.m. on March 31.
When the cops arrived, they found Barnes, bloodied and shot one time in the right thigh, police sources said. EMS brought Barnes to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition where he later died, police authorities said.
No arrests have been made yet, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with any information regarding this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish speakers, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
