Crime & Safety
Suspect Arrested In Homicide Outside Central Park, Police Say
The 36-year-old man was pronounced dead at a local hospital following the attack.
HARLEM, NY — A suspect has been arrested nearly a month after a man was shot to death on West 110th Street, New York City Police Department officials said.
According to the NYPD, 36-year-old Santiago Rafael Garcia De Jesus was shot in front of 111 West 110th St., near the corner of Malcolm X Boulevard, right alongside Central Park on March 31 at 10:22 p.m.
When police arrived, they found Garcia De Jesus, who is from Yonkers, with multiple gunshot wounds in his torso.
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He was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside in critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead, police said.
On April 24, 32-year-old Antwan Ross was arrested in central Harlem.
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Ross, who lives on the border of Washington Heights and Harlem, has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
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