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Target Shooting - Man Gunned Down in Parking Lot in Bronx

The NYPD is investigating a fatal shooting inside a Target parking lot in the Bronx. -File Photo


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

November 27, 2023


BRONX - A man was gunned down inside the parking lot of a Bronx Target, the NYPD said.


At around 11:50 pm on November 26, Raymond Resto, 49, was sitting in his car inside the parking lot of the Target Shopping Center at 815 Hutchinson River Parkway. Cops said a blue BMW pulled up alongside Resto in the parking lot.


Investigators said three or four people got out of the car and opened fire into Resto’s vehicle. The victim was repeatedly struck with bullets throughout the body.


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The gunmen piled back into the BMW and sped away in an unknown direction.


EMS transported Resto to Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.


Investigators did not release a description of the gunmen or a motive for the fatal shooting.


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.

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