Crime & Safety
Gunman Arrested For Harlem Bodega Shooting, Police Say
A Bronx man is facing murder charges in connection to an Aug. 4 shooting in Harlem.
HARLEM, NY — A Bronx man is facing charges in connection with an August fatal shooting that occurred in a Harlem bodega, police said.
Gregory Williams, 35, was arrested Thursday and charged with second-degree murder, criminal use of a firearm and criminal possession of a firearm, police said. Williams is accused of shooting 34-year-old Dwayne Buchanan, also of the Bronx, in a store on St. Nicholas Avenue near West 124th Street.
Buchanan was shot twice in the back at about 3:45 on the morning of Aug. 4, police said. EMS rushed the man to Saint Luke's Hospital, but he could not be saved, said police.
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At the time of the shooting the NYPD had said it was investigating four suspects. Williams is the only person to be arrested in connection with the homicide.
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