A quiet winter evening in the Bronx ended in violence when 46-year-old Robert Forrest was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Police answered a 911 call to an apartment on Carpenter Avenue on the night of December 14, 2020. Emergency medical services pronounced Forrest dead at the scene.

Detectives treated the case as a homicide and focused their investigation on a single suspect. On December 28, 2020, police arrested 23-year-old Rameek Simmons and charged him with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon. Authorities had not publicly disclosed a motive and described the inquiry as ongoing.

If anyone saw activity at the Carpenter Avenue apartment that night or has information about Robert Forrest’s last hours, please come forward.