A domestic dispute in Morrisania ended in a fatal shooting that left 31-year-old Marquis Lane dead. On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at about 8:52 a.m., police responded to shots fired at Park Avenue and East 167th Street and found Lane unconscious with a single, fatal gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln and pronounced deceased.

The argument had involved Lane and his ex-girlfriend, Brittany Ward, the mother of their two-year-old son, who was present during the incident. Aaron Rene, Ward’s 30-year-old boyfriend, allegedly intervened with a firearm. The New York Police Department arrested Rene and charged him with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Lane’s death.

Both Rene and Ward have been released and are being monitored with ankle bracelets pending trial, a decision that Lane’s mother, Cemecca Lane, has publicly criticized. If anyone has information about the shooting or what led up to it, please come forward.