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Man gunned down on Bronx street in broad daylight Thursday: NYPD

Police tape lies on the ground of a crime scene
Police tape lies on the ground of a crime scene.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell

A 28-year-old man was fatally shot on a Bronx street in broad daylight Thursday, according to police.

The victim was gunned down in the vicinity of East 223rd Street and Carpenter Avenue at around 5:30 p.m., police said. When officers from the NYPD 44th Precinct arrived on the scene, they found the 28-year-old with a gunshot wound to the stomach.

EMS transported the victim to NYC Health and Hospitals/ Jacobi, where he was pronounced deceased. There have been no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.

The identity of the deceased has yet to be released, pending family notification.

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