WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. May 22, 2006, UPDATED 11:30 P.M. E.D.T.: An as yet unidentified man was shot and killed today in front of 70 Ferris Avenue in White Plains according to police. Witnesses told investigating officers of a suspicious vehicle in the vicinity. Based on that information, police stopped a car on the nearby Bronx River Parkway  that matched description and found a handgun in the car. The police detained the man for questioning.

As of this hour the identity of the victim has not been made known, pending notification of next of kin. Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety Daniel Jackson told reporters the shooting occurred at 3:46 P.M. The victim was reported by passersby as bleeding on the sidewalk. Commissioner Jackson said the victim was transported to Westchester Medical Center (not White Plains Hospital) where he died.

Residents of the area told reporters on the scene they felt the shooting was gang-related. It is the second killing on the White Plains streets in four months described as possibly gang-related.