By The newspaper
03 Aug 2024, 12:34 PM EDT
Miguel Cruz, a 47-year-old man, was fatally shot yesterday from a motorcycle in the Bronx (NYC).
The shooting happened around 6:31 p.m. Friday at 1600 Sedgwick Av, according to the NYPD. Cruz was shot in the head. He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Bronx Daily.
The gunman was last seen heading north on Sedgwick Av on the same motorcycle from which he fired the shots, he said. PIX11 News. The motive for the crime is unclear and it is presumed that the victim was the intended target. No further information was immediately available.
No arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). They can also be reached via crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by texting 274637 (CRIMES) followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
Gun violence is a constant in New York, with some victims being targeted at random on the streets, in schools, on public transport and in businesses. Clashes are often linked to a battle between gang members for territory, and suspects often incriminate themselves by bragging and posting about their crimes on social media.
This week a 20-year-old man was arrested as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Troy Gill (13) as he returned home after a Brooklyn Nets game at Barclays Center, in apparent revenge between gang members.
Also this week Anthony Santiesteban (32) was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for shooting dead a mother in a parking lot in Long Island (NY). At the end of July a young immigrant worker for the Papa John’s chain was shot in the head outside his home in the Bronx while he was planning to travel soon on vacation to the Dominican Republic with his wife.
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