{"id":141747,"date":"2026-02-22T13:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141747\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:50:10","slug":"richard-vasquez-37-arrested-for-the-murder-of-joel-rivera-44-the-bronx-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141747\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Vasquez, 37, Arrested For The Murder Of Joel Rivera, 44 | The Bronx Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at approximately 1859 hours, New York City Police Department (<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/guardians-of-the-city-a-comprehensive-look-at-the-nypd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYPD<\/a>) police officers responded to a 911 call for an aided male, inside of 555 Nereid Avenue, within the confines of the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, officers observed a 44-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, with trauma to the head.<\/p>\n<p>EMS responded and transported the aided male to NYC Health + Hospitals \/ Jacobi in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, January 27, 2026, the victim succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner deemed this incident a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Following proper family notification, the deceased has been identified as indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Victim:<\/p>\n<p>Joel Rivera<br \/>address withheld<br \/>Bronx, NY 10470<\/p>\n<p>Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, the following 37-year-old male individual was arrested and charged on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 1942 hours, within the confines of the 47th Precinct.<\/p>\n<p>Arrested:<\/p>\n<p>Richard Vasquez<br \/>address withheld<br \/>Bronx, NY 10466<\/p>\n<p>Charges:<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>All charges are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the\u00a0NYPD\u2018s\u00a0Crime Stoppers\u00a0hotline at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/richard-vasquez-37-arrested-for-the-murder-of-joel-rivera-44\/tel:+1\u2013800\u2013577\u20138477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">1\u2013800\u2013577\u2013TIPS<\/a>\u00a0(8477) or for Spanish,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/richard-vasquez-37-arrested-for-the-murder-of-joel-rivera-44\/tel:+1\u2013888\u201357\u201374782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">1\u2013888\u201357\u2013PISTA<\/a>\u00a0(74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the\u00a0Crime Stoppers\u2018 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypdcrimestoppers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a> or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.<\/p>\n<p>All tips will be kept strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NYPD.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NYPD-368x460.png\" alt=\"NYPD\" class=\"wp-image-98768\" title=\"Richard Vasquez, 37, Arrested For The Murder Of Joel Rivera, 44\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at approximately 1859 hours, New York City Police Department (NYPD) police officers responded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-141747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141747","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=141747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}