Overview

• A 30-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest and pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital, while a 42-year-old woman was shot in the leg and remains in stable condition.
• The shooting occurred just after 8:30 p.m. on Saturday outside a bodega on Willis Avenue in Mott Haven, Bronx.
• Police have not made any arrests and currently lack a description of the gunman, urging the community to provide tips through Crime Stoppers.
• This incident marks the sixth homicide in the Bronx’s 40th Precinct this year, which has seen a 63% increase in shootings compared to the same period in 2024.
• The location has a history of violence, with a similar double shooting in 2021 that left one man dead and another injured outside the same bodega.