Man fatally shot in Bronx was recently released from prison after six years behind bars

A man fatally shot while sitting in a parked car outside a Bronx apartment building had been out of prison for less than a year when he was gunned down, according to police.

Alvin Ortiz, 33, who was shot while sitting in a black Hyundai parked on Morris Ave. near Kingsbridge Road about 1 a.m. Sunday, was released from state prison on parole in February after spending six years behind bars for weapons possession, cops said.

“My family’s not doing too good right now,” Ortiz’s sister, who didn’t give her name, told the Daily News.
 She described her brother as “no trouble.”

“He’s from here. He doesn’t have problems with nobody,” she added, noting Ortiz was a father and had a job working for NYCHA.

Ortiz and another man were sitting in a parked car on Morris Ave. early Sunday, when two men in a black Acura pulled up beside them and fired five shots, striking both Ortiz and the other man in the chest and left arm, police said.

Cops recovered four 9mm shell casings from the scene, police said.

Medics transported both men to St. Barnabas Hospital, where Ortiz was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.

Ortiz had a lengthy criminal record, with 30 prior arrests, six of which were for gun possession, a police source told The News on Monday.

The other man in the car with Ortiz survived and is in stable condition, police said.

That man, whose identity is being withheld, is also currently on parole and has an extensive criminal record, according to a police source.

He was released from prison last December after serving more than one year behind bars for attempted weapons possession, and has 32 prior arrests, including one gun charge, the source said. .

There have been no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.

Originally Published: September 30, 2024 at 8:37 p.m.