Miguel Vargas, 22, was fatally shot in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx on the evening of Monday, February 13, 2023. The shooting occurred around 6:57 p.m. inside a building at 689 East 187th Street after a 911 call prompted emergency responders. Police found Vargas with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest; he was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and pronounced deceased.

Police say two people arrived on a motorized scooter and the passenger fired several shots before both fled southbound on Beaumont Avenue. An arrest was reported on Saturday, May 6, 2023, when 26-year-old Yorvin Gomez of Morris Heights was taken into custody and charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon. Authorities are still seeking information about the second person involved.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the second individual seen with the scooter, please share it with the NYPD.