Hooded Shooter Guns Down Man Outside Bronx Bodega: NYPD

A 27-year-old man was gunned down  outside a Bronx bodega early Friday morning in the Claremont neighborhood by a man wearing a dark-colored hoodie, police said.

Officers responded to a call of a man shot in front of 300 E. 170th Street just after 12:45 a.m. Friday, authorities said.

Upon arrival, they found Kareem Moye with a gushot wound to the chest. Police said paramedics transported him to Bronx Lebanon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Officials believe Kareem Moye was the intended target of a gunman who said nothing as he opened fire early Friday morning. They said no words were exchanged between the two before shots were fired.

Moye has been arrested 26 total times on assault, robbery and other charges. Authorities said 12 of those arrests are sealed.

Investigators hjave recovered a handgun nearby. There are no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing.

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