{"id":153107,"date":"2026-03-04T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/153107\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:59:09","slug":"lamar-simmons-19-murdered-the-bronx-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/153107\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamar Simmons, 19, Murdered | The Bronx Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at approximately 1406 hours, <a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/guardians-of-the-city-a-comprehensive-look-at-the-nypd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City Police Department<\/a> (<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 signal of a male, shot at E. 183rd Street and Hughes Avenue, within the confines of the 48th Precinct in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, officers observed a 19-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest.<\/p>\n<p>EMS responded and transported the aided male to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Following proper family notification, the deceased has been identified as indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Victim:<\/p>\n<p>Lamar Simmons<br \/>address withheld<br \/>Bronx, NY 10457<\/p>\n<p>There have been no arrests made and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NYPD Crime Stoppers<\/a> website, call their hotline at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/lamar-simmons-19-murdered\/tel:+1-800-577-8477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">1\u2013800\u2013577\u2013TIPS<\/a>\u00a0(8477) or for Spanish,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/lamar-simmons-19-murdered\/tel:+1-888-577-4782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">1\u2013888\u201357\u2013PISTA<\/a>\u00a0(74782). The public can also submit their tips by texting to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, a new NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app is now available for free to download on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/cs-nyc\/id1456205903?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Apple iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.p3tips.csnyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Android<\/a> devices.<\/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=\"Lamar Simmons, 19, Murdered\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at approximately 1406 hours, New York City Police Department (NYPD) police officers responded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7958,"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-153107","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\/153107","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=153107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}