Overview
- Police responded just before 7 a.m. to Morris Avenue at the Cross Bronx Expressway in Mount Hope and found the man with a gunshot wound to the head.
- EMS pronounced him dead at the scene, and no identification had been released.
- Media reports say he worked as a rideshare driver, a detail not yet confirmed by police.
- Authorities say the case could be the city’s first homicide of 2026 pending official determinations.
- The NYPD Crime Scene Unit and the city medical examiner processed evidence at the vehicle as the investigation continues.