Defendant Took Victim’s Body Parts to His Home and Hid Them in Freezer
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Manhattan man has been charged with first-degree Murder and additional charges for fatally shooting a Bronx man, cutting up his body and trying to hide the remains.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly shot the victim in the head, and then carved up the man’s body and took drastic measures to hide the evidence. This crime was as cruel as it was gruesome.”
District Attorney Clark said Sheldon Johnson, last of 1350 5th Ave in Manhattan, has been indicted on two counts of first-degree Murder, second-degree Murder, first-degree Manslaughter, first-degree Robbery, first degree Burglary, two counts of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, two counts of second-degree burglary, third-degree Robbery, third-degree Burglary, Tampering with Physical Evidence, and Concealment of a Human Corpse. Johnson was arraigned today before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Verena Powell and was remanded. The defendant is due back in court on June 12, 2024.
According to the investigation, on March 5, 2024, at approximately 1:00 a.m. inside 979 Summit Avenue, the Bronx, the defendant allegedly shot Collin Small, 44, multiple times in the head. Johnson allegedly dismembered him and cut off his head. The defendant was seen on surveillance video leaving and entering the victim’s apartment carrying multiple bags and cleaning supplies, allegedly wearing a wig, sunglasses, a mask, and different clothing. On March 6, 2024, after the execution of a search warrant, the victim’s head and several body parts were found in the freezer in Johnson’s Manhattan apartment.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detective Jonathan Burke of the Bronx Homicide Squad, and Detective Michael Jenkins, 44th Precinct Detective Squad.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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