A fight inside a warehouse in Upper Manhattan left Tykeem Berry dead while his daughter 05 years old stood and watched, police and relatives of the deceased said.
After picking up her daughter from school, Berry (53) took her to 577 Deli-Grocery at Nagle Ave. and Thayer St. in Washington Heights to buy you a snack. But he and another man argued there and as their dispute escalated one man pulled out a gun and shot him once in the chest, around 4:05 pm yesterday.
“This man shot my son right in front of his 05 years,” said Berry’s father, Daryl Fracier, of 57 years, at Daily News. “ My son was a good man. He is incredible. How are we supposed to deal with this?”
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“The two young men were arguing inside the grocery store. The guy with the gun said, ‘Come out. Come outside. Out’. But he didn’t do it,” said witness Nelson Trinidad, 28 years old, who sells fruits and vegetables out of a van on Nagle Ave.” So he went back inside and they got into trouble. He shot her right in the chest. Once.”
In the sequence captured on security video, the gunman dressed in a green jacket over a gray tracksuit is seen leaving the warehouse while arguing with Berry.
The back and forth continues through the closed cellar door until the gunman re-enters, pulls out a small pistol, and opens fire on Berry from outside the chamber. Berry, already wounded, continues to fight the assailant before collapsing on the pavement in front of the store.
“He fell. They fought and he fell in front of the door. With both of his feet still sticking out of the sidewalk,” Trinidad said. “He was struggling, but then he stopped breathing.”
Berry was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he died about half an hour later, police said. In addition to the daughter who witnessed his death, Berry left behind an 8-year-old son, according to his father.
“My brother was a loving and caring man,” said Berry’s older sister, Karen Mebane. , of years. “He had a shady past, but he grew up to be a good man, a good father, and led a good life.”
The gunman, who is believed to have had some 28 years, fled north on Nagle Ave. toward Dyckman St., a police source said. Apparently Berry and his killer knew each other.
There have been no arrests and the investigation is ongoing, police said. Anyone with information should call 1-577-550-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-CLUE (8477). Also through crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to
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