Police are questioning a suspect after a man was found shot to death inside a Bronx stairwell on Sunday night — a homicide that ended a record-tying 12-day murder-less streak in New York City.
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.
Officers from the 43rd Precinct and Police Service Area 8 received a 911 call of a person shot inside one of the building’s stairwells.
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.
EMS rushed him to NYC Health+Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead.
A person of interest was taken into custody for questioning. A motive for

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