Residents in the Belmont section of the Bronx say they are grieving and increasingly fearful after a 21-year-old man was fatally shot Monday evening in what police say remains an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n
According to police, the shooting happened just before 7 p.m. Monday on East 187th Street. Investigators say the man was shot in the head and later transported to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday afternoon, no arrests had been made and police had not publicly released the victim\u2019s identity, pending family notification.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video obtained from a local business appears to show a man wearing a black sweatshirt approaching the victim before opening fire. Additional video from the scene shows first responders desperately attempting life-saving measures moments after the shooting.<\/p>\n
For many neighbors, the tragedy has left the community shaken.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy condolences goes out to the family. I\u2019m so sorry, I\u2019m a mother. It\u2019s so heartbreaking,\u201d one woman who declined to give her name told News 12.<\/p>\n
The violence struck especially close to home for some residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so scary because I have children that age. Mydaughter just turned 21 a week ago…\u201d the community member said.<\/p>\n
Investigators returned to the scene on Tuesday, searching the area for shell casings and additional evidence as the investigation continued.<\/p>\n
That community member, who lives on the block, told News 12 the victim had moved into her apartment complex just days before the shooting.<\/p>\n
She said she heard gunshots coming from outside her window and immediately feared for her family\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was in my room when I heard a loud boom. It hit my window. My son was playing game. Right away, we ducked down away from the window,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Several neighbors, like this mother, who were too afraid to show their faces on camera, said incidents like this have become far too common in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re never safe in this neighborhood, never, I never let my children out because it\u2019s always something,” she added.<\/p>\n
Another community member said ongoing violence has made even simple daily routines feel unsafe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is ridiculous, kids can\u2019t even go outside and play because every day there\u2019s a shooting. Feeling unsafe. I was asking the officers, \u2018Is it safe to walk down this block?\u2019\u201d said A.G., a local resident.<\/p>\n
Manny Urena said he stopped by the neighborhood Tuesday to check on his grandmother, who lives just steps away from where the shooting happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of rough just being outside, leaving your house not knowing if you\u2019ll come back to your house same day or if you\u2019ll end up in a hospital,\u201d Urena said.<\/p>\n
Residents say repeated gun violence has created a growing sense of fear throughout the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need help. Community is not safe,\u201d A.G. said.<\/p>\n
Urena said the violence is deeply personal for many Bronx families.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a friend who died in February from gun violence. We got to stop it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Police say the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents in the Belmont section of the Bronx say they are grieving and increasingly fearful after a 21-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-275758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","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\/275758","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=275758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}