A verbal dispute in Hell’s Kitchen turned deadly in the early hours of a Saturday when 35-year-old Sharief Jackson was shot outside his apartment on West 49th Street at about 3 a.m. Jackson was found with two gunshot wounds to the torso. He was conscious when first responders arrived and was taken to a nearby hospital, but his condition later worsened and he was pronounced dead.

Police say the shooting followed a verbal argument with an unidentified male whom Jackson apparently did not know. The suspect fled the scene and no description has been released. Heavily armed officers searched the building on the belief the shooter might still be inside, but no arrests were made. Detectives are canvassing the neighborhood for video that could identify the perpetrator and the NYPD is asking anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in the Hell’s Kitchen area see or record anything around West 49th Street that night?