A 29-year-old man was fatally shot on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 29, at 788 E 182nd Street in the Belmont Section of The Bronx, police said.
A police spokesperson said the incident occurred at around 1.50 p.m. “Police responded to a 911 call for a person shot in the vicinity of East 182 Street and Mapes Avenue, within the confines of the 48 Precinct,” a police spokesperson said. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 29-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the head. EMS responded to the location and pronounced the male deceased on scene.”
There were no arrests and police said the suspect was last seen fleeing the location along nearby Prospect Avenue. The identity of the deceased is pending family notification.
Several family members and neighbors were seen at the scene, some with tears streaming down their faces. The victim’s aunt said, “All I know is my nephew was shot.”
Speaking in Spanish, one local pastor said he and others were in a nearby church when someone entered the church to tell them that someone had been shot. Asked if he was one of the first people on the scene, he said he was not.
Another neighbor said the victim had lived in the building opposite the scene of the shooting for many years and was friendly with several of the younger people who lived there. She shared her condolences with the victim’s family.
Some of the female congregants began to pray for the victim and the family at the scene.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on X @NYPDTips.
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