{"id":353680,"date":"2026-09-22T16:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353680\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:46:59","slug":"billy-perez-48-arrested-for-the-murder-of-werling-mendez-18-the-bronx-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353680\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Perez, 48, Arrested For The Murder Of Werling Mendez, 18 | The Bronx Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, August 23, 2026, at approximately 0542 hours, New York City Police Department (NYPD) police officers responded to a 911 call of a shooting in the vicinity of 1710 E. 233rd Street, within the confines of the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was reported to police that an 18-year-old male victim was shot in the head, a 20-year-old female victim was shot in the foot, and a 22-year-old male victim was shot in the chest by an unidentified individual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The individual fled the location in an unknown direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 18-year-old male victim was transported to Bronx Care Health System by private means in critical condition, where he later succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EMS responded and transported the 20-year-old and the 22-year-old victims to NYC Health + Hospitals \/ Jacobi in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, police were informed that a 25-year-old female victim was transported to Bronx Care Health System and a 37-year-old female were transported to NYC Health + Hospitals \/ Jacobi in stable condition.<\/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\">Werling Mendez<br \/>address withheld<br \/>Bronx, NY 10467<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, the following 48-year-old male individual was arrested and charged on Tuesday, September 21, 2026, at 1000 hours, within the confines of the 47th Precinct.<\/p>\n<p>Arrested:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Billy Perez<br \/>address withheld<br \/>Bronx, NY 10458<\/p>\n<p>Charges:<\/p>\n<p>murder;<\/p>\n<p>manslaughter;<\/p>\n<p>criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All charges are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the\u00a0NYPD\u2018s\u00a0Crime Stoppers\u00a0hotline at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/billy-perez-48-arrested-for-the-murder-of-werling-mendez-18\/tel:+1\u2013800\u2013577\u20138477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">1\u2013800\u2013577\u2013TIPS<\/a>\u00a0(8477) or for Spanish,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/billy-perez-48-arrested-for-the-murder-of-werling-mendez-18\/tel:+1\u2013888\u201357\u201374782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">1\u2013888\u201357\u2013PISTA<\/a>\u00a0(74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the\u00a0Crime Stoppers\u2018 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypdcrimestoppers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a> or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.<\/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\/2026\/09\/1790095619_662_NYPD-368x460.png\" alt=\"NYPD\" class=\"wp-image-98768\" title=\"Billy Perez, 48, Arrested For The Murder Of Werling Mendez, 18\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday, August 23, 2026, at approximately 0542 hours, New York City Police Department (NYPD) police officers responded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-353680","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\/353680","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=353680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}