A Maryland man has been charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly opening fire on a car, killing a young woman and injuring her boyfriend following a dispute over a parking space.
“Imani Sharpless was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her," Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said. "She died senselessly after this defendant allegedly callously opened fire on two innocent people over a minor dispute, leaving her family and friends heartbroken. We will now seek to bring the defendant to justice.”
The defendant Quincy James Davis, 58, of Gwynn Oak, Maryland, was arrested on September 26, 2023 in Brooklyn following an investigation. He was charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The defendant was ordered held without bail and to return to court on January 19, 2024. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the top count.
According to the investigation, on September 9, 2023, at approximately 12:00 p.m., the defendant had a verbal dispute with a 35-year-old man over a parking spot at a Home Depot parking lot, located at 230 Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. After parking his car, the man went into Home Depot. The defendant allegedly entered Home Depot and then turned around and left the store.
The man then left Home Depot and returned to his parked car, where his girlfriend, Imani Sharpless, 26, was waiting. He drove around the corner to Willoughby Avenue and Sandford Street. The defendant approached the victim’s car, walked toward the driver’s side of the vehicle and allegedly opened fire. The driver suffered a gunshot wound to his leg and a graze wound to his back. Ms. Sharpless suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Kings County Hospital. She died of her injuries on September 14, 2023.
