Emergency responders found Peter Forrest, 64, also known as P. Fluid, dead and badly beaten in the Bronx, New York. Lying in a pool of blood, Forrest, who worked as a driver, was found in the back of a private ambulette after one of his coworkers tracked his location after not hearing back from him. Now, police have arrested and charged Sharief Bodden, 29, with second-degree murder, among other charges.
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Bodden, from the Bronx, also faces charges of first-degree manslaughter, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the New York Post. The arrest took place days after Peter Forrest was found dead on Monday. Authorities are yet to determine the cause and motive behind Forrest's death.
According to NBC New York, Forrest worked for Marquis Ambulette. When the company was unable to contact him throughout the day of his alleged murder, they used his vehicle's GPS to track him down, eventually leading to his lifeless body.
Video footage shows Forrest's ambulette arriving at the scene location at around 8:45 a.m. The vehicle is then approached by a woman who then leaves the scene, not before another person exits the ambulette and leaves with the woman.
Peter Forrest, Rock Musician
Peter Forrest was also a musician and, under the pseudonym P. Fluid, he was a member of the rock band 24-7 Spyz. He also was a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition, an organization that
issued a statement following Forrest's death."We hope the additional spotlight of his past connections will hasten law enforcement to apprehend the perpetrators and bring justice and closure to Fluid's family, blood and extended," the statement reads. "We all stand firm and united in that demand."
Former Spyz guitarist, Jimi Hazel, talked with Rolling Stone and remembered his former bandmate as someone who "brought a sense of reckless abandon, but in a fun way." "He was climbing on the rafters. When he wanted to sing, he could sing. But he got more into screaming and shouting." Hazel said. "I'm grateful to him because if we had not met up on the street in 1986, 24/7 Spyz would not have happened. You either loved him or hated him, but if you loved him, you loved him unconditionally."
