{"id":318133,"date":"2026-08-10T22:16:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318133\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:16:49","slug":"john-nunez-16-murdered-the-bronx-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318133\/","title":{"rendered":"John Nunez, 16, Murdered | The Bronx Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, August 10, 2026, at approximately 0511 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 911 call of a male, shot inside of 1346 Prospect Avenue, within the confines of the 42nd Precinct in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon arrival, officers observed a 16-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EMS responded and pronounced the male deceased on scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following proper family notification, the deceased has been identified as indicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victim:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Nunez<br \/>address withheld<br \/>Bronx, NY 10459<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been no arrests made and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\/john-nunez-16-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\/john-nunez-16-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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All tips will be kept strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\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=\"John Nunez, 16, Murdered\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday, August 10, 2026, at approximately 0511 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":["post-318133","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\/318133","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=318133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318133\/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=318133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}