An 80-year-old man was shot and killed on a Bronx street early Sunday by a bicycle-pedaling gunman wearing all black, police say.
Marcelino Valerio was returning to his home in Highbridge from a party around 1 a.m. when the shooter rode up near the corner of West 168th Street and Ogden Avenue. The suspect fired twice before pedaling off, police said.
Surveillance video obtained by the New York Post shows Valerio walking to his apartment building with his wife as the suspect pedals by, then doubles back and draws a pistol. The suspect, who was wearing a black ski mask, opened fire at close range, the video shows.
The NYPD said police officers on patrol nearby heard the shots and arrived at the scene to find Valerio with a gunshot wound to his head.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made. Police did not share a possible motive for killing. Valerio had only one DUI on his record from 1993.
The shooting came four days after a 71-year-old woman was fatally shot. Police said she was an innocent bystander who got caught in the middle of a gun battle between two gang rivals.
Data from the police department shows that shootings are down over 20% year to date in the 44th precinct, which includes Highbridge.
Only one other fatal shooting has occurred in the Highbridge neighborhood this year, according to NYPD homicide data compiled by Gothamist.
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