27-year-old man killed in shootout near the Bronx Zoo; no arrests
BELMONT, The Bronx (WABC) -- Police are searching for a suspect after a man was found shot and killed in a vehicle near the Bronx Zoo on Monday, according to police sources.
The shooting happened just after 3:30 p.m. at East 183rd Street and Southern Boulevard in the Belmont section.
Police say the victim, a 27-year-old man, was shot in the torso. He was found shot inside a vehicle, according to police sources.
A bodega worker told Eyewitness News that shots were fired from two moving vehicles, and one lost control. Witnesses say the victim was in one of the cars when he was shot.
It happened right across from Jose Rolon's building.
"The person was getting chased from down the block, over here in front of the building. And they shot him right there. A young person, 20 something years old," Rolon said.
The victim was in a burgundy Hyundai that spun out of control after he was shot in the torso.
Another car, believed to be a livery cab, took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Rolon said he didn't know the 27-year-old victim, but he was still upset.
"It was shocking. And when he died, I was shocked. Crazy," Rolon said.
Other neighbors didn't find it crazy at all for there to be a shootout like this, despite being so close to the zoo and a school.
"Something's happening, like, gang violence or I don't even know, but I think, probably like gang violence," said neighbor Jose Mendes.
"It sounded like firecrackers. Like pop-pop-pop, that's it," another neighbor Max Salej said.
Some neighbors told Eyewitness News they heard as many as eight or nine shots between the two cars.
One man said the chase and gunfire were like something out of a movie.
The suspect fled in a black Honda vehicle.
Police have not released a description of the suspect, and there's no word on what may have led up to the shooting.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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