On the morning of July 25, 2021, Anthony Rios, a 38-year-old Hispanic man, was sitting in the passenger seat of a friend’s Honda opposite 589 E. 164th Street in the Bronx when an unidentified man approached the vehicle and fired multiple shots, striking Rios in the head. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital and pronounced dead. Witnesses at a nearby party in Charlton-Thompson Park said they heard two gunshots, though it was not clear whether Rios had been at that event.

The shooting occurred inside the 42nd Precinct and initially had no known motive; police asked the public for information and investigators worked the case for months without an arrest. On December 14, 2021, the NYPD arrested 38-year-old Alexis Dubouchet of the Bronx and charged him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Rios’s death. Reported details note Dubouchet had about 20 prior arrests and was out on bail awaiting trial on a June 2020 attempted murder charge at the time of the shooting.

If anyone knew Anthony, was in the area that night, or has information about what happened, please come forward.