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NYPD Seeks Suspects in Bronx Killing of Rideshare Driver on New Year's Morning

The killing is believed to be New York City's first homicide of 2026 following a year of record-low violence.

(A gun was recovered at the scene) A 31yr old man, one of three men walking along East 161st Street at Grand Concourse, was taken to Lincoln Hospital after he was shot in the groin, ankle and leg by an unknown assailant in the Bronx on Thursday January 1, 2026. 0937. The second victim, unidentified, was rushed to Lincoln Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the groin whilst the third man, also unidentified, fled the scene. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
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Overview

  • Issa Mbolo-Isac, 55, was found shot in the head inside a blue Toyota near Morris Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway just before 7 a.m. on Jan. 1 and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Investigators say the encounter may have followed a minor collision, with published footage showing a man striking the driver's window and two males chasing the vehicle as it accelerated.
  • Police have made no arrests and released no suspect description, and they are asking the public to submit tips through Crime Stoppers.
  • Relatives say Mbolo-Isac, also known as Isac Issa, was a rideshare driver for about a decade, a married father of four, and an African immigrant whose family lives in West Africa.
  • The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, and the NYPD reports at least five shootings citywide in the year's first hours that left seven injured and one dead.