Juan Pena was 18 when he was shot and killed in the Tremont section of the Bronx in the early hours of Sunday, February 2, 2025. A recent graduate of Bronx Leadership Academy who planned to enlist in the U.S. Navy and was reportedly one day away from his final interview, Pena was walking home after a party at a nearby auto body shop around 1:30 a.m. when a car approached and a gunman opened fire. Surveillance footage captured Pena walking with another person before the vehicle appeared. He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and later died.

The motive remains unclear; Pena’s family said he had no known enemies and suggested mistaken identity as a possibility. The community mourned at services at Ortiz Funeral Home on the Grand Concourse. The NYPD initially reported no arrests, released photos of three men wanted in connection with the shooting, and later arrested a 17-year-old male who faces charges including murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

Did anyone in Tremont see Juan the night he left the party or notice the car captured on surveillance?