Police arrested a suspect who allegedly shot and killed a man inside a Bronx stairwell on Sunday.
Bronx resident Sean Grant, 28, was arrested on Dec. 8 at around 3:28 p.m. in the confines of the 43rd Precinct. Police charged him with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
He was arrested after being questioned inside the precinct’s station house.
According to police sources, the deadly shooting occurred just after 9:05 p.m. on Dec. 7 inside the Sotomayor Houses located at 1744 Watson Ave. in Soundview, the same complex where Grant lives.
After receiving a 911 call about the incident, officers from the 43rd Precinct arrived on scene to find 38-year-old Gregory Stewart, of Barnes Avenue in Wakefield, inside the stairwell with a gunshot wound to the head. EMS rushed him to NYC Health+Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead.
Police immediately took into custody a person of interest, although it is not yet clear if that person was Grant.
A motive for the deadly shooting is pending, but the investigation is ongoing.
The Dec. 7 shooting was the first murder reported in the city since Nov. 25. The 12-day streak tied the longest stretch without a homicide since the NYPD began tracking crime numbers. The previous 12-day murder-less span happened a decade ago, in 2015.
Meanwhile, major crime in the 43rd Precinct is down just over 1% year-to-date compared to the same period in 2024, according to latest crime statistics.
