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Person in custody after 38-year-old fatally shot at Bronx NYCHA building, police say
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Paige Oamek
Published Dec 8, 2025
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A Bronx man was found shot to death in a stairwell at a public housing building in the borough Sunday night, breaking what police say was a record streak of no reported homicides in the city.
NYPD officers responding to a 911 call just after 9 p.m. found 38-year old Gregory Stewart with a gunshot wound to his head at NYCHA’s Sotomayor Houses on Watson Avenue in Soundview, officials said. Stewart lived in Wakefield, more than four miles away, according to police.
Emergency medical workers transported him to Jacobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said they took a person into custody but haven’t announced any charges yet as the investigation continues.
NYPD data shows shootings in the 43rd Precinct, which includes Soundview, were up 30% through November, compared to the same point last year. There were 11 homicides in the precinct by the end of November, down one from the same point last year. Citywide, shootings and homicides have declined 23% and 21%, respectively, since last year.
Officials said up until Stewart was killed the city had gone 12 days without a homicide, tying a record for the longest stretch without a homicide, last set in 2015. This year, the city also reported its least shootings on record for the first 11 months of the year, officials added.
This story is based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.
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