On the evening of Thursday, June 18, 2026, a burst of gunfire in the Soundview section of the Bronx left two men dead. One victim was 53-year-old Egbert Rutherford, known to some as Dread. He and a friend, 43-year-old Curtis Brown, were playing dominoes outside an urgent care clinic at 1643 Westchester Avenue when they were both shot multiple times.

Emergency responders arrived at about 10:10 p.m. and transported Rutherford and Brown to NYC Health+Hospitals/Jacobi, where both men were pronounced dead. Rutherford’s wife of three decades, Angelique Irving, described him as a dedicated man who worked seven days a week as a home health aide and was a beloved caregiver to his patient.

The NYPD says witnesses reported a brief confrontation between the victims and a group of men before the shooting. Police are searching for three suspects and have released surveillance images; no arrests have been announced. Does anyone who was in the Soundview area that night have information that could help identify the suspects?