A 26-year-old man was shot dead in the Bronx Monday afternoon and was found by police in a automotive not far from various colleges.
Police say they responded to a 911 name of a person shot close to the nook of Union Avenue and East 168th Avenue at round 2:21 p.m. on Jan. 30. Upon arrival, officers found the victim sitting in the passenger seat of a Honda CRV with a gunshot wound to the stomach.
EMS pronounced the victim dead on the scene.
Additional investigation decided that the person was shot close to East 163 Avenue and Reverend James Well mannered Avenue and was driven four minutes to 1180 Union Ave., the place he was found by police. It’s not instantly clear whether or not or not the victim drove himself to the place he was found.
There have been no arrests and the investigation stays ongoing. The incident has been deemed a murder.
The victim’s id is being withheld pending household notification.
Shooting incidents are up 50 % year-to-date in the Bronx’s forty first Precinct, the place Monday’s incident occurred, in accordance with Police Department data. As of Jan. 22, when the newest data is obtainable, there have been three reported shootings in the world year-to-date — up from two throughout the identical time-frame final yr. Nonetheless, there have been no reported murders in the timespan.
There are at the least four colleges inside a four-block radius of the place the victim was found Monday afternoon, together with City Students Neighborhood Faculty, NYC Autism Constitution Faculty Bronx, X479 Bronx Profession and School Preparatory Excessive Faculty and X248 The Metropolitan Excessive Faculty.