Search Continues For Alleged Gunman In Fatal Bronx Shooting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The search continues for an alleged gunman wanted in connection with a shooting that left a woman dead on a Bronx sidewalk.
Dune Janelle Jacobs, 31, was shot and killed shortly before 12:45 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2014.
She had just left her Williamsbridge apartment to get a late-night snack at a neighborhood bodega when a man pounced from a slow-moving car and shot her in the head near Carlisle Place, police said. She was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center, police said.
Police believe an ongoing battle between two warring street crews inadvertently led Jacobs to be targeted by the gunman, police said.
Police believe in the cold, dark night, the suspects – allegedly from the Young Guns crew – mistook Jacobs for a 23-year-old man who lives on Grace Avenue and whom they were allegedly planning to shoot. The allegedly intended target has a history of robbery, burglary and narcotics arrests and is a member of a Bloods gang subset called BFA, or "Brothers for Another," police said.
Two men and a third alleged accomplice have been arrested in the investigation so far.
The suspected gunman remains at large, police said.
Police identified the gunman as Brendrick "Diddy" Brown, 23, who is on federal probation in South Carolina for a 2012 grand larceny, police said. He was spotted at a relative's home in South Carolina three days after the shooting that killed Jacobs, police said.
On Monday, police released a picture of Brown sporting a shorter haircut than in a previously released photo.
Anyone with information about the homicide or shooting suspect Brown's whereabouts was asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, log onto the Crime Stoppers website, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577.
