Andrae Robertson shooting Jeroid Tindal at Independence Towers on Taylor St.
A New Jersey man has been arrested for shooting dead a Brooklyn ex-con who was well-liked by the people who live next to him.
A New Jersey man who shot and killed an ex-con who was trying to change his life was arrested Wednesday, police said, adding that he was charged with murder.
A 26-year-old man was charged with murder and having a gun after Jeroid Tindal, 47, was shot on March 8.
A knock at Tindal's door led him to his apartment at Independence Towers on Taylor St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and he opened the door to answer.
He then ran away, police say.
It took six days for Tindal to die after he was taken to Woodhull Medical Center, where he clung to life until he died.
Robertson, who lives in Fairview, New Jersey, is accused of shooting Tindal. It's not clear why he did it.
His neighbors and friends said at the time that he was an example of someone who had learned from his three state prison terms and seemed to be on the right track. This is what they said:
He was a good person, Moshe said. "He's one of the best people to live next to."
When Tindal talked about his past, he told him about it and even showed him scars from previous bullet wounds.
"He cleans the hallway every day, because the Housing [NYCHA] isn't doing a good job of taking care of things." "So, he's doing it every day," Moshe said.
Tindal was charged with killing a man with a golf club in Brooklyn in 1989. Before he died, the man was in a coma for a while. Records show that Tindal was released from prison in 2004 after serving eight years for a charge of attempted murder. He was released on probation.
A police report said that he had been arrested 10 times, and that he had been sent to prison for assault and felony drug possession in the past.
She didn't give her name, but Tindal was a father of four who lived with his wife and two younger children. He was a father of four, she said. His life had changed after he was in prison.
"I met him after he came home from prison. I saw him." From what I've heard, he came back different." I won't go back there. I will do things right." For his kids, he really tried to make the building safe.
As she said, "He was the barbecue man. He always had cookouts and brought the community together with friends and family and always surprised someone on their birthday." "He was just a beautiful person, and he was very protective of his town."
Robertson was arraigned and told he could not leave.