An after-school trip for snacks ended in fatal violence on December 15, 2022, when 30-year-old Tykeem Berry was shot outside 144 Deli-Grocery on Nagle Avenue in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. Berry had picked up his 10-year-old daughter and went into the store; a verbal argument with another man, identified as 27-year-old Joseph Morros, began after Berry objected to being stared at. Video showed Morros leave, shout for Berry to meet him outside, then return armed. Berry pushed Morros back onto the sidewalk, apparently to protect his daughter inside, and Morros fired a single shot that struck Berry in the chest. Emergency responders transported Berry to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Family members described Berry as a loving father to his daughter and an 8-year-old son, and the store’s owner and customers shielded the girl after the shooting. Surveillance video was central to identifying Morros; he was arrested on December 19, 2022, and later indicted on murder and weapons charges. Does anyone have information about Berry’s movements that afternoon or about witnesses who were at the deli?