Celestino Vasquez Patricio was 25 and a father of two young girls when he was fatally shot in Yonkers, New York, in the early morning of September 8, 2024. He and a friend had left a pool hall and were waiting to get into the Go Sports Bar & Lounge on South Broadway just before 4 a.m. when an altercation began with a man later identified as Carlos Villanueva. Villanueva had been on the block harassing people and reportedly boasted about having a gun.

According to accounts, Villanueva confronted Vasquez Patricio, lifted his shirt to reveal a handgun, and after a brief scuffle in which security tried to intervene, pistol-whipped him twice and fired one shot into his chest. Officers on patrol heard the gunfire, found Vasquez Patricio in the street, and he was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Villanueva fled but was seen by officers running onto Ludlow Street; during a short pursuit he discarded the handgun, which police recovered after taking him into custody.

If anyone was there that night or has information about the confrontation outside the bar, please come forward.