Teen suspect arrested in shooting death of Bronx man in NYCHA apartment

Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News
Updated ·1 min read
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Police have arrested an 18-year-old man they say gunned down a man in a Bronx NYCHA apartment last month.

Neville Pinkston is charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon for the Jan. 24 death of Randell Timber, cops said.

Pinkston and Timber, 25, got into some kind of argument in the apartment on Washington Ave. near E. 169th St. in the Morrisania Houses about 10:55 p.m., according to police.

The younger man shot Timber in the head, they said. Pinkston had an accomplice who also helped commit the murder, according to court papers.

Pinkston allegedly took off, leaving the critically wounded man in the apartment. Neighbors previously told the Daily News it was a hotbed for violence.

Timber died at the scene.

The victim was visiting the apartment and lived in Van Nest, the Bronx.

Pinkston lives in Crotona, more than a mile away from where he shot Timber, cops said. He has eight arrests in the city, including for assault, burglary and multiple robberies, police said.

With Rebecca White