Trevor Rudd was found dead inside a stairwell at the Beach 41 Street Houses in Far Rockaway on Saturday afternoon with gunshot wounds to his torso.
Rudd lived in the building.
A 31-year-old man considered a person of interest has been taken into custody. Police have also recovered a gun.
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