Starrett City Gunman Arrested For Fatal Shooting: NYPD

EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — Police have arrested the gunman who killed a man and critically injured a woman in a Starrett City apartment building Tuesday.

Durante Tirado, 20, has been charged with murder for shooting Kahliq Francis, 38, inside his 16th-floor apartment at 1530 Pennsylvania Ave. around 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 21, said police.

He shot Francis in the head, and opened fire on Chaleen Mason, 32, but she survived the fusillade, sources said. After Tirado left, she staggered to a friend's 12th floor apartment and called 911 on the way, sources said.

Tirado is also charged with shooting a 32-year-old woman — whom the Daily News identified as Chaleen Mason — in the jaw and the torso, said police.

Francis and the woman were both rushed in critical condition to Brookdale Hospital, where Francis died from his injuries on Wednesday, police said.

Tirado, also a Starrett City resident, was arrested Wednesday around 6:50 p.m. and charged with murder, attempted murder and four counts criminal possession of a weapon, said police.

Sources told the Daily News Tirado and Francis were drug rivals.

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