{"id":64228,"date":"2025-12-08T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/64228\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:00:07","slug":"man-shot-dead-in-bronx-apartment-stairwell-in-homicide-that-snapped-12-day-murder-less-streak-in-nyc-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/64228\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot dead in Bronx apartment stairwell in homicide that snapped 12-day murder-less streak in NYC \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8cbd3264-1d1f-4b3d-952b-b23bbfffc7c1.jpeg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"medical examiner wheels out body of murder victim\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Man shot dead in Bronx apartment stairwell in homicide that snapped 12-day murder-less streak in NYC 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>FILE \u2013 Medical Examiner\u2019s office personnel wheels out body of a murder victim.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n<p>Police are questioning a suspect after a man was found shot to death inside a <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> stairwell on Sunday night \u2014 a homicide that ended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/nypd-record-low-crime-stats-shootings-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a record-tying 12-day murder-less streak in New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd43pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">43rd Precinct<\/a> and Police Service Area 8 received a 911 call of a person shot inside one of the building\u2019s stairwells.\n<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, law enforcement discovered 38-year-old Gregory Stewart, of Barnes Avenue in Wakefield, inside the stairwell with a gunshot wound to the head.\n<\/p>\n<p>EMS rushed him to NYC Health+Hospitals\/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137815868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-8.43.33-AM.jpg\" alt=\"scene where Bronx man was shot dead\" width=\"1200\" height=\"746\" title=\"Man shot dead in Bronx apartment stairwell in homicide that snapped 12-day murder-less streak in NYC 2\"  \/>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.Photo via Google Maps\n<\/p>\n<p>A person of interest was taken into custody for questioning. A motive for the deadly shooting and charges are pending the results of the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Shootings in the 43rd Precinct are up in 2025 by 30% when compared to 2024.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Sunday\u2019s deadly shooting was the first murder reported in New York 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.<\/p>\n<p>Just 16 homicides were reported citywide in November 2025. That tied the all-time record of fewest homicides reported in a single month in NYPD history, set back in November 2018.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch attributed the record-long streak without a homicide to the department\u2019s efforts to combat violent crime citywide. This includes deploying additional officers and other resources to high-crime areas of the city as part of the department\u2019s Fall Violence Reduction Plan.<\/p>\n<p>Shootings in the \u201cFall Zones,\u201d as the NYPD described these areas, are down 40% during the hours when additional resources are being deployed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight strategy. Great execution. That\u2019s how you set record after record,\u201d Tisch said in a statement. \u201cThank you to the members of the NYPD who have sacrificed so much this year to drive down violent crime to record lows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE \u2013 Medical Examiner\u2019s office personnel wheels out body of a murder victim. 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