Gunman Sticks Up Guest, Opens Fire at Bronx Motel

Police are searching for this man in connection with a robbery and shooting inside a Bronx hotel. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

July 25, 2023

BRONX - Police are looking for a chain snatching gunman who robbed a woman inside a Bronx hotel and then fired at another man. 

Police released surveillance video of the suspected gunman. He is seen on the video coming out of an elevator inside the Tremont Hotel. It is unknown at this time if the suspect posed as a guest or if he wandered around the hotel looking for a robbery target. 

At around 4:30 am on July 5, a 37-year-old woman was inside the hotel at 759 East Tremont Avenue. Cops said a man approached her in the hallway of the hotel and displayed a handgun. The robber took the cellphone out of the woman’s hands and snatched the chain off her neck. 

Cops said the robber then fired at least one round in the direction of a 33-year-old man in the hallway. Investigators did not speculate whether the man was shot at because he might have walked in on the robbery. 

Cops said the robber fled the hotel and ran southbound on Prospect Avenue. 

The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and a large beard. He was last seen wearing a dark blue t-shirt, baseball cap, light blue jean shorts and black sneakers.

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.