Bronx detectives investigate fatal shooting, interview person of interest

FILE – A member of the crime scene unit at a shooting scene File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to receive local news, updates and insights straight to your inbox! Bronx detectives are questioning a person of interest connected to a deadly shooting Friday night. Police said Marcus Henderson, 37, was shot at his home at 1825 Topping Ave. in Mount Hope around 5:57 p.m. on May 24. Officers of the 46th district, while responding to a 911 call about the shooting, found Henderson with a gunshot wound to his right leg. Paramedics rushed him to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he died a short time later. The house on Topping Avenue in Mount Hope, Bronx, where a man was fatally shot in the leg on May 24, 2024.Photo via Google Maps The person concerned was located during the preliminary investigation and taken into custody for further questioning. Charges against this individual are pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation, police said. The 46th Precinct recorded 10 homicides year to date through May 19, a nine-fold increase from the same point in 2023 (just 1), according to the most recent CompStat report. Shootings are also up 62.5%, with 13 reported year-to-date in 2024, compared to 8 recorded during the same period last year.