{"id":324430,"date":"2026-08-18T22:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324430\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:44:52","slug":"man-arrested-for-beating-man-who-died-after-falling-unconscious-into-bronx-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324430\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for beating man who died after falling unconscious into Bronx street"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 39-year-old man was arrested for beating a man who died after an accomplice struck the victim in the head, causing him to fall unconscious into a Bronx street where he was hit by two cars<\/a>, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Luis Torres, 39, was charged with attempted murder, assault, attempted assault and harassment for the brutal attack that led to Isais Portillo\u2019s death on Aug. 8, Bronx prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Torres and his accomplice, who has not been caught, attacked the victim at College Ave. and E. 166th St in Melrose<\/a> shortly before 4 a.m., according to a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice investigate after a man who fell unconscious into the street after fighting a rival early Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, was run over by two passing vehicles, one a marked NYPD police cruiser, on College Ave. near E. 166th St. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Torres repeatedly punched Portillo in the face, while the other man kicked him in the head, court documents show.<\/p>\n

It was the other man who struck the blow to Portillo\u2019s head that caused him to fall unconscious into the street, according to the complaint. About 10 minutes later, a white BMW SUV zipping east on E. 166th St. ran over the victim, but kept going, cops said.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice investigate after a man who fell unconscious into the street after fighting a rival early Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, was run over by two passing vehicles, one a marked NYPD police cruiser, on College Ave. near E. 166th St. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

An\u00a0NYPD Strategic Response Group\u00a0SUV rolling behind the BMW also ran over the man, but the officers stopped to render aid.<\/p>\n

EMS rushed the victim to Lincoln Hospital<\/a>, where he died.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s medical examiner later determined that Portillo suffered brain damage and extensive bleeding to his head and face \u2014 injuries consistent with being struck numerous times by a fist, court documents show.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice investigate after a man who fell unconscious in the street after fighting a rival early Saturday, Aug. 8, 20206, was run over by two passing vehicles, one a marked NYPD police cruiser, on College Ave. near E. 166th St. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

A judge ordered Torres held without bail after he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court on Friday. He is due back in court on\u00a0 Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Torres is a Queens resident with eight prior arrests, including for the murder of a man in the Bronx on Dec. 2014. It was not immediately clear how that case resolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 39-year-old man was arrested for beating a man who died after an accomplice struck the victim in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[211,1271,128,9,24,63,122181,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-324430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-assault","tag-attempted-murder","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-street-fight","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\/324430","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=324430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}