What to Know
- Police found a man dead, with a gunshot wound to the head, in the backseat of an SUV Wednesday morning in the Bronx what they believe may be a road rage incident.
- At around 5:42 a.m. police responded to a 911 call of shots fired on East 162 Street in the Bronx.
- When officers arrived, they found a 45-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head in the rear passenger seat of a Nissan SUV, the NYPD said.
Police found a man dead, with a gunshot wound to the head, in the backseat of an SUV Wednesday morning in the Bronx in what they believe may be a road rage incident.
At around 5:42 a.m. police responded to a 911 call of shots fired on East 162 Street. When officers arrived, they found a 45-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head in the rear passenger seat of a Nissan SUV, the NYPD said.
EMS responded to the location and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene. He was subsequently identified as Aracellio Pellot, of the Bronx.
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Additional information was not immediately available although law enforcement sources tell News 4 New York, the circumstances are being investigated as a road rage incident.
No arrests have been made and the investigation continues.
