A long-running noise dispute in a Bronx multi-family building ended in a fatal shooting on the evening of December 17, 2022. Neighbors on Morgan Avenue in the Pelham Gardens neighborhood argued outside their building when 39-year-old Dillon St. Clair was shot in the chest. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center and died of his injuries.

The confrontation reportedly involved St. Clair and his upstairs neighbor, 46-year-old Matthew Rushie. The argument escalated and Rushie allegedly fired the fatal shot. St. Clair’s wife, who worked as a 911 dispatcher, was on duty and unknowingly handled the emergency call about her husband. The couple had four young sons.

Rushie initially fled the scene but turned himself in with his lawyer to the 49th Precinct on December 23, 2022, and was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon. He is being held without bail as the case moves forward.

Did anyone in Pelham Gardens hear or see the argument that night, or have information about the dispute leading up to it?