{"id":126896,"date":"2026-02-08T15:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126896\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:51:27","slug":"man-killed-after-being-left-for-dead-in-bronx-hit-and-run-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126896\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed after being left for dead in Bronx hit-and-run: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nypd-shooting-file-lloyd-mitchell-2025.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"NYPD scene where someone was shot\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Man killed after being left for dead in Bronx hit-and-run: cops 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>FILE \u2013 Police at a crime  scene<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a man in the Bronx early Sunday morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, the deadly incident unfolded outside of 646 Westchester Ave. at approximately 2:24 a.m. on Feb. 8. Cops say a gray SUV was traveling inside a parking lot when it struck a 27-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>EMS rushed the injured man to Lincoln Hospital after he suffered what is described as severe head trauma. He could not be saved and was pronounced dead. His identity has been withheld pending family notification.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the driver fled the scene.\n<\/p>\n<p>No <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/police-fire\/brooklyn-subway-assault-shove-02072026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">arrests<\/a> have been made and the investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD\u2019s Collision Investigation Squad.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this stabbing can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE \u2013 Police at a crime scene Photo by Lloyd Mitchell &#13; &#13; Police are searching for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,303,473,9,24,63,103,104,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-126896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-crime","tag-hit-and-run","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126896","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=126896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}