New Year’s Day in the Bronx ended in tragedy when 55-year-old rideshare driver Issa Isac was found dead inside his vehicle near Morris Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway. He was discovered in the early morning of January 1 with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene; the car had caught fire and firefighters found his body inside. Isac was originally from West Africa, a married father of four, and had worked as a rideshare driver for about a decade to support his family back home.

Investigators say the shooting may have followed a minor traffic incident. Surveillance footage reportedly shows two men approach Isac’s vehicle before it sped off, and a spokesperson for the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers said two men allegedly chased him after a fender bender and tried to pull him from the car; when he accelerated, the suspects allegedly shot through the window.

The NYPD is actively searching for two male suspects; no arrests have been announced. The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers has posted a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Did anyone in the Morris Avenue or Cross Bronx Expressway area see the vehicle, the two men on surveillance, or have other information that could help investigators?