A 29-year-old man died after a shooting just before 8 p.m. Sunday near 1275 Lafayette Avenue in Hunts Point, the Bronx. Investigators say the man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, and paramedics and officers performed CPR on him before he was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he died.
As reported by News12 | Bronx, footage captured on the Citizen app shows paramedics and officers loading the victim into an ambulance at the scene. News12 reported that the man was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital. Investigators did not immediately have information about who may have pulled the trigger or what led up to the shooting.
A Trauma Center Built for the Worst Nights
Lincoln Hospital, formally NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, is a 362-bed South Bronx facility that operates the busiest Level 1 Trauma Center in the northeast region, handling 144,000 emergency-department visits a year, according to NYC Health + Hospitals. The facility is described as a premier trauma center, and the victim was taken there after the shooting.
The shooting site falls under the jurisdiction of the NYPD's 41st Precinct, which polices Hunts Point and Longwood from its Longwood Avenue station house, per the NYPD. StreetEasy listings describe the building as a five-story pre-war walk-up constructed in 1925 with 40 apartment units.
Violence Along a Familiar Corridor
Sunday's shooting adds to a string of violent incidents that have rattled the Lafayette Avenue corridor and greater Hunts Point area in recent months. Hoodline previously reported that scooter-riding gunmen critically wounded a 25-year-old near 1740 Lafayette Avenue in Soundview on June 28, shooting him twice in the head before fleeing. A year earlier, in June 2025, the article also referenced another incident in the broader area.
Hunts Point itself is a South Bronx peninsula neighborhood of roughly 15,000 residents in Community District 2, bounded by the Bruckner Expressway, the Bronx River, and the East River, per Wikipedia's entry on the area, blending major industrial food distribution hubs with residential blocks. Despite the recent violence, NYPD CompStat data for 2025 showed major reported crime in the 41st Precinct fell 9.02% year-over-year to 1,372 incidents, driven by declines in murder, robbery, and felony assault, according to Best in the Bronx.
Citywide Gun Enforcement and How to Help
The article also discusses broader citywide gun enforcement.
With no suspect information yet available, investigators are relying on public tips. The NYPD's Crime Stoppers program, run through the New York City Police Foundation, offers anonymous cash rewards of up to $3,500 for information called into 1-800-577-TIPS or submitted via the mobile app that leads to an arrest and indictment in violent felony cases.
