One Clifford Pruett was “shot in the chest, groin, abdomen, and elbow,” on the roof of a West 144th Street building, causing him to die an hour later. Shortly before his death, he made a “dying declaration” that he had been shot by the defendants [Lee, Pinckney, Goodwin].
Newspaper story: "Expert police work resulted in the arrest early Monday of two men in connection with the shooting to death of Clyde Pruett, on the roof of 156 West 144th Street, last Saturday. A dragnet has been flung out for a third man thought to be connected with the crime... According to police, Pruett was somehow lured to the roof of the West 144th Street address and became involved in an argument with the three men. During the heat of the discussion, on of them is said to have drawn a .38 caliber revolver and fired three shots at Pruett, the bullets taking effect in the abdomen and chest. The assailants then fled."