Tyrone Swinton, 60, was found unconscious in his West 116th Street apartment in Harlem on the evening of February 29, 2024, after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside and pronounced dead; investigators later determined he had been shot 11 times.

Swinton had served as a mentor through a local Boys and Girls club and had employed a home attendant, Joseph Fulford, 25, for about five years. That relationship had broken down amid disputes over Fulford’s alleged drug use and his bringing friends to Swinton’s home, and Fulford moved to Georgia for a couple of years. On the day Swinton was killed he told his mother Fulford was back in the neighborhood looking for money.

Police arrested Fulford at his Astoria, Queens, residence on March 9. Officers recovered two pistols, an AR-15-style rifle, and the 9 mm handgun believed to be the murder weapon. Fulford was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon; at arraignment he pleaded not guilty and was held without bail.

If anyone knew Swinton or saw him on February 29, 2024, or has information about the events that day, please come forward.