A 24-year-old man was busted Monday for fatally shooting a rapper in the head in a suspected attempted robbery at a Midtown recording studio, police said.
Kabal Reyes was charged with murder in the killing of Kamir King, 34, at the makeshift studio on West 37th Street near Ninth Avenue in Manhattan just after midnight May 5, police said.
King was discovered on the third floor of 354 W. 37 St. with a gunshot wound to the head.
Kabal Reyes was charged with killing rapper Kamir King in a Midtown, Manhattan studio on May 5, 2022. Matthew McDermott
King was killed in a suspected attempted robbery at the makeshift studio. Robert Miller
Reyes being brought out of the Midtown South Precinct by NYPD detectives after his arrest on July 11, 2022. Matthew McDermottA second man, Devon Dillahunt, 24, also was found dead lying in front of the building with a gunshot wound to the body, but it wasn’t clear who shot him, police said.
A 9mm handgun was recovered near Dillahunt’s body outside 350 W. 37 St., cops said.
The NYPD had released photos of four men wanted for questioning in connection with the killings.
Devon Dillahunt was also found dead outside of the studio on May 5, 2022. Robert Miller
Photos of four men wanted by NYPD in connection to the crime. DCPIMultiple people were hanging out at the music studio when four people showed up and gunshots rang out, according to cops and sources.
King was believed to have been targeted in what may have been an attempted robbery, law-enforcement sources said.
At the time, police sources said an unspecified amount of money and marijuana was found in the studio.
