8-shot slay in Harlem
Man, 60, found dead in apt. after neighbors hear arguing
A man was shot to death in his Harlem apartment on Thursday, according to police.
Cops told the man’s family that neighbors in the building on W. 116th St. near Malcolm X Blvd. heard arguing and gunshots around 9:30 a.m., according to the victim’s sister.
Officers were called to the walk-up building around 11:10 a.m. When they arrived, they discovered Tyrone Swinton, 60, unconscious and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to police.
“I heard a lot of gunshots [and] when they brought him out on the stretcher, he was bleeding,” said witness Dean Davis, 40. “They were pumping his chest, but he wasn’t coming back.”
Police told neighbors in the building Swinton was shot eight times. Medics rushed the man to Mount Sinai Morningside, but he could not be saved.
The building superintendent told the Daily News that non-profit Community Access placed Swinton in the building. The organization assists various populations with housing, including those facing homelessness, people with psychiatric disabilities and veterans, according to their website.
“Anyone who’s shot eight times, that is a hit,” remarked superintendent Hal Walker.
A neighbor who did not want to be identified recalled Swinton often having people over who he would fight and argue with.
Swinton’s family told The News that a program coordinator at Community Access discovered the critically wounded man.
“She pushed the door open and he was laying on the floor dead,” said his sister, Yvette Swinton. “My head is killing me, I’ve cried so much. It’s unbelievable. It’s unbearable.”
Family gathered in his childhood home in Brooklyn on Thursday evening to mourn the loss of the man they remembered as a talented chef.
“I always went uptown to visit him and he would cook,” said his brother, Robert Swinton, Jr., 65. “We were really close.”
The victim had three adult children and three grandchildren.
“He was a great man, he cared for more people than he needed to,” said his son Deshon Swinton. “He had a big heart.”
There were no immediate arrests as police continued to investigate the slaying.