Crime & Safety
Police ID Man, 28, Fatally Shot In Harlem Tuesday
Police identified the 28-year-old man, reportedly a father of three, who was shot and killed in broad daylight Tuesday in Harlem.
HARLEM, NY — Police on Wednesday identified the 28-year-old man who was fatally shot in the neck in broad daylight Tuesday on Malcolm X Boulevard near 125th Street in Central Harlem.
The victim was Javon Bradley, a resident of the Marble Hill Houses in the Bronx, police said.
Bradley was shot just after 3 p.m. Tuesday and brought to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:05 p.m
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According to the New York Daily News, Bradley, a father of three, had tried to chase a drug dealer off of the street corner minutes before the shooting. The dealer left, but then returned and shot Bradley as he ducked for cover in a white van that was parked in front of a Wells Fargo bank, the Daily News reported.
Minutes after the shooting, as a crowd formed on the sidewalk, paramedics dragged Bradley from the van and performed chest compressions on the ground before loading him into an ambulance.
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Police have not made an arrest or named any suspects.
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