{"id":290870,"date":"2026-07-08T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290870\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:08:00","slug":"news-12-bronx-man-shot-in-the-head-in-front-of-parkchester-liquor-store-was-targeted-by-gunman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290870\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Man Shot In The Head In Front Of Parkchester Liquor Store Was Targeted By Gunman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police tell News 12 the 46-year-old man shot in the head in front of 1503 White Plains Rd. was the intended target. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Several candles are lit up in front of a Parkchester liquor store, as neighbors honor the life of the 46-year-old man shot in the head Monday evening. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\"><a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/man-shot-in-the-head-in-front-of-parkchester-liquor-store-dies-from-injuries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police say they responded to a call of a shooting in front of the liquor<\/a> store at 1503 White Plains Rd. around 8:12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The victim was found there with serious injuries and taken to Jacobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Investigators have now identified the victim as Shaun Whitchett. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">On Tuesday, neighbors lighting up candles say they remember Whitchett as a &#8220;good guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;He never bothered anyone&#8230;it was unfair,&#8221; said one neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous for her safety.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Another neighbor didn&#8217;t know the victim but says the community is feeling the loss and everyone is impacted.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Investigators have not shared a description of the gunman, who remains on the run as of Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">In previous coverage, News 12 crews reviewed surveillance video that shows a man slowly walking along White Plains Road near Archer Street wearing a long blue rain jacket. He can be seen walking up to the victim, raise a handgun and open fire. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The alleged gunman is then seen running down the same direction he came. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">News 12 crews attempted to speak with Whitchett&#8217;s family at his last known address, but family members refused to comment on the tragic death.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">News 12&#8217;s Jonathan Calixto&#8217;s Tuesday afternoon report on the fatal Parkchester shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police tell News 12 the 46-year-old man shot in the head in front of 1503 White Plains Rd.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-290870","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\/290870","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=290870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}