Tyrone Holley, a 60-year-old ex-convict who was on parole, was arrested as a suspect in the shooting that caused the death of Omar Espinal outside a pizzeria in Harlem (NYC).
The victim also had a police record, but it is not clear if the two knew each other or the motive for the crime. Holley, who was paroled in 2022 after spending 17 years in prisonwas arrested on January 31 and charged with murder and weapons possession, the New York police reported yesterday.
Espinal, 39, died on the night of January 7. At first Police thought it was a drug-related shooting, but that hypothesis has been disprovedhe clarified Daily News.
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60-year-old ex-con arrested for fatal shooting outside Harlem pizzeria
Tyrone Holley, who was paroled less than two years ago after spending 17 years in prison, was nabbed Jan. 31 and charged with murder and gun possessionhttps://t.co/Vj2CvoCTuK
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The victim was sitting in his Honda Civic on W. 135th St. near Broadway when the gunman pulled up in a pickup truck around 6 p.m., NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.
Then The gunman walked around the block and double-parked. behind Espinal for several minutes before getting out of the truck and approaching the victim, Kenny said. “[El] perpetrator approaches the passenger side of the car, opens the door, puts his hand in, there is a fight and shooting”said the chief of detectives.
Espinal, wounded in the chest, was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, but could not be saved. He lived in Washington Heights, but often drove to Harlem to eat at “Pizza del Valle,” according to a worker who witnessed the shooting.
The murderer “He came with a gun and shot the person in the car twice,” the unidentified employee said. “He was just one guy.”
Espinal had eight prior arrests, including a 2013 federal case for possession of cocaine with intent to sell, Kenny said. He was sentenced to five years in prison for that crime and was released on parole in 2020, records show.
Meanwhile, Holley has served three sentences in state prison. He lives in the Bronx and is now being held without bail for the Harlem homicide.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
In a similar case, early last Saturday a Hispanic man was stabbed to death in a fight in a bar in his neighborhood in The Bronx (NYC) attacked by a member of a rival Mexican gang, police said yesterday without identifying the suspect.
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