A dispute outside a Popeyes on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx on Friday afternoon, February 10, 2023, escalated into a quadruple shooting near Walter Gladwin Park. Gunfire erupted around 2:30 p.m., wounding four men. Devren Smith, 37, was shot in the torso and taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition; his younger brother, 24-year-old Jeremiah Smith, was also shot in the torso and was pronounced dead at the same hospital shortly after the shooting. Two other men, 36 and 58, were wounded and were expected to survive.

Devren Smith died of his injuries on Sunday, February 12, 2023. Police arrested two suspects soon after the shooting: 51-year-old Salvatore Rivera of the Bronx was taken into custody the day after the incident and charged with murder, manslaughter, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon; the next day, 32-year-old Jose Parilla of Manhattan was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon. Family and community members held a vigil, releasing balloons in memory of Devren and Jeremiah Smith.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near Walter Gladwin Park or has information about what happened before the gunfire, please come forward.