Ernest Wilson, 53, was shot after dropping his child at the child’s mother’s home on Sherman Avenue in Peekskill on the evening of May 21, 2023. As Wilson was preparing to leave around 7:30 p.m., he was confronted by the mother’s new boyfriend, 38-year-old Reginald McClure. Wilson extended his hand in greeting; McClure instead produced a 9mm firearm and fired about six shots. Wilson was struck twice, in the arm and buttock, and was taken to Westchester Medical Center. He died of his injuries three days later, on May 24, 2023. The shooting was witnessed by Wilson’s children.

Authorities identified and located McClure the day after Wilson’s death and arrested him at a Yonkers hotel on May 25, 2023; two loaded firearms were found on McClure at the time. McClure, a Peekskill resident with prior felony convictions, was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and a grand jury later indicted him. One of Wilson’s children delivered a victim impact statement describing the loss of a father.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the interaction on Sherman Avenue that evening or have information about what led up to the confrontation?