NEW ROCHELLE, NY—New Rochelle Police have made an arrest following a shooting incident late Saturday night on July 27, near 361 Main Street. At around 11:05 pm, police received reports of gunfire in the area, and a suspect vehicle was soon identified through ongoing investigations.
Detectives located the vehicle entering the New Roc City parking garage from Harrison Street ten minutes later, at 11:15 pm. Two individuals in the vehicle were detained while police searched the vicinity. A .380 shell casing was found near the lower parking lot of 361 Main Street, and a loaded .380 firearm was discovered on Fountain Place.
Further inquiries revealed that a shot had been fired from the lower parking lot towards a large group of people in the upper parking lot. This led to the arrest of the vehicle’s passenger, 37-year-old Raymond Gilkes of New Rochelle, in connection with the shooting.
The New Rochelle Police Department is urging anyone with additional information about this incident to contact them at 914-654-2300.