On the night of Saturday, October 15, 2016, 19-year-old Joseph Jimenez was shot and killed in the Mount Eden section of the Bronx. He was walking home from his girlfriend’s house around 11:30 p.m. when a struggle and gunfire occurred near Walton Avenue and Rockwood Street. Jimenez was found unconscious with a gunshot wound to the head and died after being taken to Bronx Lebanon Hospital. A 21-year-old man present at the scene suffered a nonfatal gunshot wound to the leg.

Jimenez was a student and basketball player at Hostos Community College with no criminal record. Investigators suggested he may not have been the intended target and that the killing could have been a case of mistaken identity. Witnesses reported a group of men fleeing on foot, and police sought public help in identifying them, but no arrests were immediately announced.

Anyone who knew Joseph, saw activity near Walton Avenue and Rockwood Street that night, or has information about the group fleeing the scene is asked to come forward.