NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD is on the hunt for the man who shot and killed a Harlem man who was innocently walking his dog Monday when he passed by the rifle-wielding suspect whose target was another man.
The victim was identified as college librarian Winston McKay, 40, of Manhattan (PICTURED BELOW). He had taken his pooch for a walk after celebrating his anniversary with his husband Terry Solomon in Donnellan Square, a nearby park.
The incident took place in front of 501 West 146th Street around 2:30 a.m.
"The individual pointed a rifle at a 26-year-old male and threatened to shot him," police said in a press release, referring to the man who was the intended target of the suspect. "The male ignored the individual and continued walking along 146th Street. The individual then fired once at the male and missed him. That fired round struck the 40-year-old male victim in the right leg as he walked his dog in the vicinity of Amsterdam Avenue and West 146 Street. EMS removed the victim to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced deceased."
The suspect then fled the scene on foot westbound on West 146 Street.
The suspect (PICTURED BELOW) is described as a male, Hispanic, with braids, 18 to 25 years old, 5'8" to 5'10"; last seen wearing a red hooded sweater, a blue jacket, gray sweatpants, and black and white sneakers.
Solomon told the Daily News, "They tell you to remember the good times, the fact that we had 18 years. But I was robbed of another 18 years with the person I loved. And now I have to go to a funeral and say my final goodbye."
"See you soon," McKay told Solomon as he left.
He did indeed see him soon -- but it was his bloody body on the street he saw, after getting a call from a frantic friend who lived near the scene that his beloved husband had been shot.
"I cried all last night and I'm going to cry tonight," Solomon told the Daily News. "I can't imagine the day when I'm going to stop feeling this lost."
