In the early morning hours of July 16, 2026, chaos broke out inside M Lounge and Restaurant on Jerome Avenue in the Fordham section of the Bronx. Yeimy Reyes, 29, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene after police responded to an assault call at about 4:26 a.m. Surveillance outside the lounge shows crowds pouring into the street after the shots. Reyes’s wife, Michelle, said Reyes, a local DJ, had been selling sunglasses at the venue that night.

Police have named 24-year-old Luis Aguero as the alleged shooter and released his images as a suspect. The New York State Liquor Authority opened a separate investigation after surveillance reportedly showed staff removing Reyes’s body from the basement, placing it on the sidewalk, and cleaning the scene before officers arrived. The SLA also found the basement was not part of the licensed premises, that multiple people inside were armed, and cited the lounge with 21 violations including failure to supervise and operating a disorderly premise, leading to an emergency suspension of the liquor license.

No arrests have been made and the search for the man identified as the shooter is ongoing. Can anyone who was at M Lounge that night or who knows more about what happened come forward with information?