On Sunday afternoon, July 21, 2024, police responded to a 911 call reporting a person shot near 2010 Bruckner Boulevard in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx. Officers found 52-year-old Jose Baez with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and pronounced dead there.

Initial reports described a suspect as a man wearing a white shirt and black pants. The 43rd Precinct opened an investigation into the motive and circumstances of the shooting. Two days later, on July 23, 2024, detectives arrested 28-year-old Julio Ramirez of the Bronx and charged him with murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree, and criminal possession of a loaded firearm. The investigation is ongoing as authorities continue to develop the case.

Did anyone in Castle Hill see or hear anything that afternoon that could help clarify what happened?