Joseph Michael Ramirez, a 43-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was shot once in the chest inside a Bronx deli just before 3:30 p.m. on September 5, 2021. The store was on White Plains Road near Nereid Avenue. A woman working next door heard the shot, watched Ramirez stumble out of the deli, grab her open door, and then collapse on the sidewalk. Emergency responders transported him to Montefiore Medical Center, where he died later that day.

The NYPD’s investigation identified a suspect quickly. On September 7, 2021, police arrested 45-year-old Davel Ramos when he appeared for a scheduled meeting with his parole officer. Ramos, who had been on parole since 2017 after serving nine years on a weapons conviction and earlier served seven years for an attempted robbery conviction, was charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon. The shooting was one of five homicides in the 47th Precinct during a five-day span.

Anyone with information about Joseph Ramirez or the shooting is asked to come forward.