18-year-old charged for murder of Elijah Dukuray

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

NEW YORK, NY – Detectives with the New York City Police Department’s 47th Precinct have made an arrest in the November murder of 23-year-old Bronx man Elijah Dukuray.

On November 24th, Dukuray was shot outside Bronxwood Avenue and East 233rd Street. Police officers and medical personnel arrived to find him unconscious with a gunshot wound to the neck.

He was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi where he was pronounced dead.

On Wednesday, an 18-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter. The man’s name was not released by police due to the shooter being a minor at the time of the shooting.