FORDHAM, the Bronx (PIX11) — Police are searching for a suspect after a 29-year-old man was fatally shot in the head in the basement of a Bronx restaurant, cops said.
NYPD detectives have identified Luis Aguero, 24, as one of the men wanted in connection with the death of Yeimy Reyes.
Police are searching for Luis Aguero, 24, in connection with a fatal shooting in the Bronx on July 16, 2026. (Credit: NYPD)
Officers responded to the shooting at the M Lounge Restaurant on Jerome Avenue near West 184th Street in Fordham at around 4:30 a.m. on July 16, according to the NYPD.
Reyes was shot in the restaurant’s basement during an argument with two men, police said. But when officers arrived at the scene, they found Reyes with a gunshot wound to the head outside the restaurant, police said.
Video from the scene showed cops performing CPR on the victim on the sidewalk. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
A 29-year-old man was shot and killed in a Bronx restaurant on Jerome Avenue on July 16, 2026. (Credit: Citizen)
Police said two suspects dressed in black clothing fled the scene and were last seen heading south on Jerome Avenue.
The other suspect has not been identified.
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