Police said they are looking for three people after a teenager was fatally shot on a Bronx street near a day care center in a busy part of the borough on Wednesday afternoon.
NYPD officials said 19-year-old Lamar Simmons was gunned down just after 2 p.m. on the corner of East 183rd Street and Hughes Avenue in Belmont. The intersection is steps from the day care and around the corner from Bronx Little Italy along Arthur and Crescent avenues.
Simmons was shot in his chest, and first responders took him to nearby St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition, police said. He later succumbed to his injuries.
Officials said the three potential suspects, all men, fled eastbound on a two-wheeled scooter. One was wearing a blue hoodie with white lettering and blue pants, the second was wearing all black and the third was wearing a black jacket, a red hoodie and a black sweater, according to authorities.
Police had not made any arrests by early Thursday and said they were looking into a motive for the violence. Simmons lived less than a half-mile from where he was shot, according to the NYPD.
Gun violence and homicides are both trending up in the Bronx so far this year, bucking citywide declines touted by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and other officials. According to city data, shootings and killings have ticked up by a few incidents each in the borough through March 1, compared to the same point in 2025.
Still, those crime categories are on the decline so far in 2026 in the 48th Precinct, which includes Belmont, East Tremont, Fordham University and West Farms. Police data shows Simmons’ death is the first homicide of the year in the precinct, which had three homicides by this point last year.
This story is based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.