Arrest Made in Fatal Scooter Drive By Shooting in Bronx

Police have arrested one suspect and are searching for a second in the fatal shooting of a man in Little Italy. The gunman rode up as a passenger in a scooter and opened fire.  -Photo by NYPD

Man Gunned Down in Bronx’ Little Italy

Gunman Caught, Diver at Large - Cops Say

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

May 9, 2023 

BRONX - Police have made an arrest in the scooter drive by shooting in Little Italy that left one man dead back in February. 

Police announced the arrest of 26-year-old Yorvin Gomez. He was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal posession of a weapon: loaded firearm. Cops arrested Gomez in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Miguel Vargas across the street from the famous Artuso Bakery in the Bronx’ Little Italy. 

At around 7 pm on February 13, Vargas was standing in front of a convenience store at 689 East 187 Street. Two men on a scooter drove up. The passenger got off the moped and pulled out a gun. Cops say the passenger fired multiple rounds at Vargas striking him repeatedly. 

Miguel Vargas was shot to death on a street in Little Italy. -Photo by GoFundMe

The gunman then hopped back on the scooter and drove off. Vargas was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital a few blocks away but not did not survive. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. 

Cops have not provided a description of the driver of the scooter in the murder but did release surveillance video. Police are still searching for the suspect and are asking for the public’s help to capture him. 

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.