This Man Is Suspected of Killing Marlon Shuffler, Young Crown Heights Dad

Photo courtesy of the NYPD

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — The NYPD released a photo Tuesday of a man believed to be connected to the fatal, late-night shooting of 22-year-old Crown Heights father Marlon Shuffler on March 10.

Police found Shuffler unresponsive around 11:30 p.m. outside 541 Lincoln Place in Crown Heights, near the border with Prospect Heights.

Shuffler had been shot just blocks from his home at 623 Sterling Pl.

According to the New York Daily News, Shuffler, an aspiring rapper, was walking down Lincoln Place with three friends when he was struck by a bullet in the right eye. The shot may have been fired in an unrelated gunfight, the Daily News reported.

Shuffler was taken to Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

The young man's aunt, Katrina Glover, described him to DNAinfo as a "loveable person" who had a 5-year-old daughter, a 1-year-old son and another baby on the way.

"He was a good guy, a good son, a good father," Glover told the news site. "It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. The link in our chain is broken. Marlon, you'll be missed."

A woman also identified as Shuffler's aunt said in an interview with the Daily News that her brother was killed on the same street corner in 2010.

“I’m tired of coming to Franklin Ave. and having everyone falling away,” she said. “I’m tired of burying my friends and family. It needs to stop.”

Recognize the man in the photo? The NYPD asks that you call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Spanish speakers can call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website.