Argument aat NYCHA’s Morrisania Houses apartment leads to shooting

Adam Devine
NYPD officers responding to emergency call. File photo by Roy Janssen

NEW YORK, NY -On Tuesday, a 25-year-old man was shot and killed while visiting the Morrisania Houses on Washington Avenue in the Bronx of the New York City Housing Authority.

Police said Randall Timber was found by officers responding to a shots-fired 911 call unresponsive and unconscious when they arrived at the first-floor apartment.

He was suffering from a single gunshot wound to the head. FNDY EMS responded and declared Timber dead at the scene.


His killer was able to flee before the police arrived. At this time, there have been no arrests made. No suspect information was released by the police. Police said Timber was visiting the apartment and got into an argument with the suspect before the shots were fired.

Timber had a criminal record that included arrests for assault and rape in 2019.

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