{"id":67927,"date":"2025-12-11T22:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/67927\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T22:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:17:09","slug":"man-killed-by-hit-and-run-bmw-driver-was-visiting-bar-in-his-old-bronx-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/67927\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed by hit-and-run BMW driver was visiting bar in his old Bronx neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 27-year-old man killed by a hit-and-run BMW driver in the Bronx<\/a> moved out of state years ago but was back in his old neighborhood visiting a local bar when he was killed, his heartbroken loved ones say.<\/p>\n

Shariq Bryant was crossing E. 222nd St. outside Triple Deuce bar-restaurant near Boston Road when the driver of a 2025 BMW M8 plowed into him at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday, police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe left the bar to grab something from his car,\u201d said Bryant\u2019s friend, Javane Johnson, 28, who was with him that night. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t deserve this. He was an uplifting dude. Everyone loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bryant\u2019s cousin, Dornell Joseph, 23, said Bryant grew up in Williamsbridge<\/a> not far from the bar and moved to Stamford, Conn. several years ago. He said Bryant was back in the neighborhood for a party for an old family friend.<\/p>\n

\"Hit-and-runHit-and-run victim Shariq Bryant, left, and his cousin Dornell Joseph. (Courtesy of Dornell Joseph)<\/p>\n

Joseph said his cousin was an IT tech with ambitious aims.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know one of his goals was that he wanted to always put himself in a position where he\u2019d be able to take care of the whole family,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cI know I certainly looked up to him. I told him that on numerous occasions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph described his cousin as an optimist who made the best out of every situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very uplifting,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cRegardless of what the circumstance was, he was always positive. He was always smiling and goofy and laughing. I consider him to be like the brightest bulb in the room, if that makes sense, or the brightest candle. He was always happy and just jovial all the time and really just a genuine spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Hit-and-runHit-and-run victim Shariq Bryant, left. (Courtesy of Dornell Joseph)<\/p>\n

A friend of Brant\u2019s who asked to be identified only as Kady, 26, met the victim at ninth-grade orientation and had been close to him ever since.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then I became really close with his family,\u201d Kady said. \u201cHe was like my best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said Bryant kept everyone together.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe helped everyone, whether he knew you or not,\u201d she said. \u201cIn the midst of chaos, he was always the one to cool it. He was the glue to everyone, the glue to his family, the glue to his friends. He was the glue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cops said the driver of the BMW<\/a> was zipping down E. 222nd St. when they struck Bryant before crashing into a telephone pole.<\/p>\n

The driver jumped out of the totaled vehicle and fled \u2014 leaving behind an injured 28-year-old passenger, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The front seat passenger suffered only minor injuries and was not hospitalized.<\/p>\n

The driver has not been caught.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just hope that [cops] can make an arrest so the family can at least find some peace in that and begin their healing,\u201d Kady said. \u201cThis is something we will never heal from, but at least that can help us find some peace, finding a person who was responsible for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey need to come forward, you know?\u201d Joseph said. \u201cThey need to turn themselves in and do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Rebecca White \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

A memorial near where Shariq Bryant was struck on E. 222nd St. near Boston Road in the Bronx. (Rebecca White \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Joseph said Bryant loved going to the gym, shopping and hanging around his family. A GoFundMe<\/a> was set up to help his family cover funeral costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hurts a lot,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cI think hurt is an understatement to be honest. It\u2019s painful, but I\u2019m just trying to think what he would want if he were still around. I don\u2019t think he\u2019d want people to be crying and to be sad for long. I think he\u2019d want everybody to just remember the positive things that he stood for and what he did for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 27-year-old man killed by a hit-and-run BMW driver in the Bronx moved out of state years ago…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67928,"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-67927","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\/67927","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=67927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}