Felipe Antonio Garcia Tatis, 32, was fatally shot in the torso on the morning of October 21, 2024. The shooting occurred at about 7:30 a.m. inside the Gourmet Deli Corp bodega on University Avenue near Brandt Place in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Known to friends as Misael, Garcia Tatis did odd jobs at the bodega and had at times slept in its basement after a prior, near-fatal stabbing at a barbershop that left him with lasting intestinal injuries. A childhood friend, Daniel Rodríguez, described him as a good person who struggled following that earlier attack. The NYPD is investigating; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

If anyone saw what happened at the bodega that morning or has information about Felipe’s death, please share what you know with investigators.