Overview
- The NYPD identified 31-year-old Jesus Acosta of Soundview as the man wanted in two separate store shootings and said officers are actively searching for him with no arrests reported.
- Investigators released surveillance video showing a hooded gunman shooting a customer inside a Bronx deli and then rifling the register, and police said a red hooded sweatshirt believed worn by the suspect was found nearby.
- The shootings occurred in two late‑night robberies, with a Brownsville, Brooklyn grocery attack that left a 44-year-old dead and a 39-year-old wounded and a South Bronx deli shooting that hit a 33-year-old who later died.
- Bodega advocates offered a $5,000 reward for information and urged city funding for panic buttons and stiffer penalties for illegal guns to protect small, late‑night businesses.
- Police have not described how they linked Acosta to both scenes and investigations are ongoing while precinct data cited by reporters shows shootings are down about 11.8% year‑to‑date in the 44th Precinct.