Shooting Happened in Front of Victim’s Five-Year-Old Son
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
indicted for Murder, Manslaughter and additional charges for fatally shooting a man in a busy
Bronx subway station.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly shot the victim in front of his fiveyear-old-son and multiple commuters who were at the subway station at the time. We will pursue
justice for the victim’s loved ones, especially the young boy who lost his father in such an awful
way.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Rafael Hollis, 29, of 1264 Sheridan Avenue,
was arraigned today on second-degree Murder, first-degree Manslaughter, two counts of seconddegree Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Endangering the Welfare of a Child before Bronx
Supreme Court Justice Margaret Clancy. Remand was continued and the defendant is due back
in court on January 22, 2020.
According to the investigation, on October 4, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., at a subway station located
at 167th Street and Grand Concourse, the victim, James Cubille, 24, met with his ex-girlfriend to
pick up his son. The defendant showed up and argued with the victim. Hollis then took out a gun
and allegedly shot Cubille in the torso in front of the victim’s son and ex-girlfriend. The victim
was declared dead on arrival to Lincoln Hospital. The defendant fled the scene and turned himself
in to authorities two days later.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detective Matthew
Crawley of the 44
th Precinct and NYPD Detective Christine Reyes of the Bronx Homicide Squad
for their assistance in the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt
