{"id":98204,"date":"2025-07-28T02:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T02:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/98204\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T02:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T02:03:08","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-of-35-year-old-man-in-lower-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/98204\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 35-year-old man in Lower Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested a suspect in the May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/05\/09\/man-fatally-shot-in-chest-in-lower-manhattan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man<\/a> in Lower Manhattan, cops announced Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Police discovered the victim with a gunshot wound to the chest near Pearl St. and St. James Place in Two Bridges after receiving a 911 call about an assault in progress shortly before 9 p.m. May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Medics rushed the victim \u2014 later identified by police as Bronx resident Gary Fitzgerald \u2014 to Bellevue Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.<\/p>\n<p>On May 21, police arrested Michael Barbosa, 34, cops announced Sunday. Barbosa, who lives two blocks from scene, is charged with murder and criminal weapons possession, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>A motive behind the shooting was not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald, a father of one and stepdad of two, is deeply mourned by his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis laughter was music, a tune so sincere, A note of joy for all those to hear. A man of simple pleasures, but oh so profound, In the love for his family, where his joy was found,\u201d his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanzafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/Gary-Fitzgerald?obId=42543494\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online obituary<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his family, he loved gaming and the beach, according to the obituary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis steps echoed laughter, his hugs could cure woes, His jokes brought the smiles, as everyone knows,\u201d the obituary continues in endearing verse. \u201cFunny and loving, with bravery vast, These traits of our Gary will forever last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald had two open criminal cases for assault in Manhattan at the time of his death, according to online records.<\/p>\n<p>Barbosa is being held without bail at Rikers Island, <a href=\"https:\/\/a073-ils-web.nyc.gov\/inmatelookup\/pages\/home\/home.jsf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online records<\/a> show. His next court date is August 11.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: July 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have arrested a suspect in the May fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man in Lower Manhattan, cops&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":98205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1370,728,405,403,5294,5296,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-98204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-county","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114928406346957433","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}