On a tragic Father's Day in 2018, James Skinner, a 50-year-old male from Queens, New York, was fatally shot at a house party in North Bellport, Long Island. The incident occurred on the evening of June 17th at a residence on Doane Avenue. Skinner was a guest at the gathering, which took a violent turn when a group of uninvited individuals arrived and a dispute erupted outside the home. In an attempt to de-escalate the conflict, Skinner was shot. Another man was also wounded in the altercation but sustained non-life-threatening injuries. James Skinner was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Suffolk County Police Department launched an investigation that led to the arrests of two suspects. On June 26, 2018, authorities took 22-year-old Timothy White Jr. of North Bellport into custody and charged him with second-degree murder. At the time of his arrest, White was reportedly living in a homeless shelter and was also implicated in an illegal gun trafficking operation in Suffolk County. Authorities also suggested that White and his father had ties to the Bloods street gang.
A second suspect, Stephen McCoy, also from Bellport, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting. He too was charged with second-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the altercation that led to James Skinner's death.
While the arrests of Timothy White Jr. and Stephen McCoy marked significant developments in the case, publicly available information from online sources does not detail the outcomes of their legal proceedings. Details regarding their trials, potential convictions, or sentencing were not found in the search results. Therefore, the final resolution of the criminal case against the two men charged with the murder of James Skinner remains unclear.
