A quiet Thursday morning in the Bronx turned deadly on March 26, 2026. Twenty-one-year-old Assam Alshaif was found unconscious and unresponsive near Jerome Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head. Police from the 52nd Precinct and EMS responded after a 9:48 a.m. 911 call; Alshaif was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and pronounced deceased.

The scene near the Woodlawn subway station and across from Woodlawn Cemetery was cordoned off; officers noted a backpack and a pool of blood on the sidewalk. A person of interest was taken into custody the same day, and later that evening at 8:00 p.m. 18-year-old Jadore Reid of Wakefield was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. A witness reported seeing a man run into the Woodlawn station, return, and try to board a bus where police apprehended him. The investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Assam, the moments before the shooting, or what was seen around Jerome and Bainbridge that morning, please share what you know.