A Bronx porter was killed on duty after a dispute with tenants turned deadly. In the early morning of Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 37-year-old Ryan Hines was shot and killed at the apartment building where he had worked for three years at 1412 College Avenue. Two other men were wounded in the incident: a 62-year-old man shot in the arm and a 59-year-old man shot in the buttocks.

A 44-year-old resident, Jimmy Avila, was taken into custody and charged with murder and attempted murder. Reports say there had been an ongoing conflict between Avila and Hines; Avila had posted videos about interactions with the porter and claimed harassment in court filings. Hines’s girlfriend said he had complained of threats and had reported threats from Avila to his boss a week before the shooting. Hines had planned to leave the job the day after the shooting, having secured new employment.

Avila was later found dead in his Rikers Island cell; his family and friends reported he had taken his own life and an official inquiry was opened. Hines is survived by two children and remembered by family as devoted to his work and them. Did anyone in the building or neighborhood see or hear anything from the early morning of August 27 that could shed light on what happened?