Crime & Safety
Murder Charge After Homeless Man Fatally Shot In Harlem : Police
Raheem Jones is accused of shooting and killing a homeless man in a building near Park Avenue and East 128th Street, police said.
HARLEM, NY — An arrest has been made after a homeless man was shot and killed in Harlem in October 2022, police said.
Raheem Jones, 40, was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, in connection to the fatal shooting of Dujuan Williams, 31, police said.
About 3 a.m. on Oct. 22, officers found Williams with a gunshot wound to his chest in the rear of a building at 111 E. 128th St. within the NYCHA Jackie Robinson Houses, police said.
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He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
It is unclear what led to the shooting.
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Jones was subsequently arrested nine months later.
Jones, who lives close to where the shooting took place, had eight prior arrests that included a four-year stint in prison for selling drugs, the New York Daily News reported.
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