{"id":123367,"date":"2026-02-05T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/123367\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:58:08","slug":"man-19-arrested-for-targeted-killing-of-brooklyn-dad-in-bronx-lobby-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/123367\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 19, arrested for targeted killing of Brooklyn dad in Bronx lobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/03\/10\/man-33-fatally-shot-in-bronx-apartment-building-lobby-nypd-sources-say-he-likely-was-targeted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the targeted killing of a Brooklyn father of three;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the targeted killing of a Brooklyn father of three<\/a> inside a Bronx apartment building lobby three years ago, cops said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thomas Padilla was 17 when he gunned down Trevor Roberts, 33, inside the E. 174th St. building near Fteley Ave. in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/upshot\/extremely-detailed-nyc-neighborhood-map.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Soundview;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Soundview<\/a> at 3:30 p.m. on March 10, 2023, cops said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Padilla is charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. His arraignment remained pending on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The teen gunman staked out the building lobby where Roberts\u2019 mother-in-law lived before confronting the victim as he stepped off the elevator, cops said. The pair argued briefly before Padilla drew his weapon and fired, striking Roberts once in the heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shooter then fired another two rounds to scare off witnesses before fleeing, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wounded, the dad staggered back into the elevator and rode it to the 10th floor, where he collapsed in the hallway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A family friend told the Daily News that Roberts had likely just dropped off his kids at their grandmother\u2019s apartment in the building when he was killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Medics rushed Roberts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/jacobi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jacobi Medical Center;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jacobi Medical Center<\/a> where he was pronounced dead, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe turned his life around. He was a good, hardworking man that took care of his three kids,\u201d said the family friend, who wished to remain nameless. \u201cHe was a construction worker. He worked in demolition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roberts lived in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, cops said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Padilla has no criminal record prior to his arrest Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for the targeted killing of a Brooklyn father of three inside a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,98,9,24,63,129,131,130,53877,53876],"class_list":{"0":"post-123367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-the-bronx","14":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","15":"tag-the-bronx-news","16":"tag-thomas-padilla","17":"tag-trevor-roberts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}