{"id":299615,"date":"2026-07-18T18:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/299615\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:54:46","slug":"bronx-dj-killed-inside-lounge-was-selling-sunglasses-to-support-son-back-home-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/299615\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx DJ killed inside lounge was selling sunglasses to support son back home: family"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 29-year-old father and DJ gunned down during an argument<\/a> in the basement of a Bronx restaurant and lounge went to the night spot hoping to sell sunglasses so he could send the money back to his son in Venezuela, his sister told the Daily News.<\/p>\n

Yeimi Gabriel Reyes, was shot in the head in the basement level of M Lounge Restaurant<\/a> on Jerome Ave. near E. 184th St. in Fordham around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was my best friend. He was everything for me,\u201d the victim\u2019s sister, Maria Fernanda Sangrony Negron, 19, told The News. \u201cI\u2019m just sad. I don\u2019t know what happened. I just want answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Negron said that her older brother loaded his backpack full of sunglasses, said goodbye to his girlfriend, and headed to M Lounge around 3 a.m. Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

When his girlfriend told him it was too late to go out, Reyes said, \u201cI\u2019m just gonna go quick, show them, and come back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry about it, I\u2019m coming back,\u201d he said, Negron recalled.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

Police investigate after Yeimi Gabriel Reyes was fatally shot in the basement of a Bronx lounge on Thursday. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

He was found dead less than two hours later outside the night spot by responding officers. It was not clear if he had stumbled out of the building after being shot or if his killers dumped him on the sidewalk, cops said.<\/p>\n

Police said he was shot after arguing with two men, who fled the place and remained on the loose. Several other people were caught on surveillance cameras fleeing the area.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear whether only one or both men fired at the victim, cops said.<\/p>\n

One suspect wore all black and black sunglasses, while the other sported a green shirt with white lettering and black-and-white sneakers, cops said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a solution. We need those guys go to jail,\u201d Negron said. \u201cWe need peace. We are tired. We need justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

A motive for the shooting was not immediately disclosed, Reyes, police said, doesn\u2019t have a criminal history in New York City.<\/p>\n

Born in Venezuela, Reyes moved to Mexico to study music, before coming to the United States. He previously worked as a DJ, earning a reputation in Cancun for playing Afro house and electronic music, his sister said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Cancun, he was really viral,\u201d Negron said. \u201cWhen he came here, people said, \u2018OK, that\u2019s Yeimi. That\u2019s a DJ.’\u201d<\/p>\n

He immigrated to the U.S. four years ago to better support his 8-year-old son and the boy\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey live in Venezuela. My brother calls (them) every day and works here and sends money,\u201d Reyes\u2019 sister said. \u201cHe was a good father. Oh, my God, he loved his son.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Yeimi<\/p>\n

Courtesy of family<\/p>\n

Yeimi Gabriel Reyes was fatally shot in the basement of a Bronx lounge on Thursday. (Courtesy of family)<\/p>\n

Negron said she and her mother traveled to New York City from their home in Florida after Reyes\u2019 girlfriend called to break the devastating news of his death<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was an excellent father, son and brother,\u201d said the victim\u2019s mother, Ana Carolina Negron, 54. \u201cI feel it really hard on my heart. But I\u2019m proud of my son.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe helped the people. He opened the door for everybody,\u201d she added. \u201cLike, if you need something, he\u2019s gonna be over there to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Negron shared her agony over losing her brother on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I could wake up from this nightmare and have someone tell me it isn\u2019t real,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI can\u2019t believe you\u2019re no longer going to be here with me, and I keep asking myself so many questions. Why did you leave me all alone when it was always you and me against the world? I love you, brother. I love you, my king.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 29-year-old father and DJ gunned down during an argument in the basement of a Bronx restaurant and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-299615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","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\/299615","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=299615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}