Man, 28, fatally shot in head outside his Bronx home by mugger
A 28-year-old man was fatally shot outside his Bronx home by a mugger early Tuesday — one of four bloody shootings in a 12-hour span that left six people wounded, cops said.
Idriss Cherif El Farissy was shot in the head outside his home on E. 176th St. near Mohegan Ave. near Crotona Park just before 3 a.m., cops said. The gunman was seen rifling through El Farissy’s pockets before running off.
El Farissy died at the scene. His killer has not been caught.
Residents who knew El Farissy said the victim’s family hails from Morocco. His parents currently live in Brooklyn but he lived in the Bronx with his girlfriend.
On Tuesday morning his home was roped off by yellow police tape. Seven evidence markers encircled a dried pool of blood where El Farissy was shot.
The victim’s brother said the family was too distraught and “not up to” talking to reporters Tuesday.
El Farissy’s slaying was one of four shootings within 12 hours in the Bronx that began about 3:30 p.m. Monday when two men, ages 18 and 67, were shot near E. 145th St. and Third Ave. in Mott Haven.
The two victims were with a group when the gunman ran up and started firing. Both men were hit in the legs. An errant bullet also hit the window of an occupied MTA bus, but no one on the bus was hurt, according to police.
Medics took both men to Lincoln Hospital, where they are expected to recover.
About five hours later in Chief Dennis Devlin Park in Parkchester, a 34-year-old man was shot in the ear during a clash near Olmstead Ave. and the Cross Bronx Expressway.
Both the victim and the 44-year-old gunman were in the park when the younger man accused the shooter of stealing his belongings. During the ensuing fight, the shooter pulled a gun and blasted the victim in the right ear.
Cops responding to the the 8:37 p.m. shooting found the victim, who pointed out the shooter as the suspect and a woman ran away.
Police caught up with the alleged shooter, identified as Roderic Cox, and recovered a black 9-mm. Glock handgun, police said. Detectives charged Cox with attempted murder, reckless endangerment and weapons possession, officials said.
The victim was treated and released from Jacobi Medical Center.
About 10:45 p.m., shots rang out on Courtlandt Ave. near E. 158th St. in Melrose. A 37-year-old man who suffered a graze wound to the head was taken to Lincoln Hospital. A second victim, a 66-year-old woman, shot in the shoulder and hip at that location arrived at the same hospital by private means.
It was not immediately clear if either victim was the intended target, cops said. Both are expected to survive.
No arrests have been made in that incident.
As of Sunday, cops have seen a 9% drop in shootings citywide this year with 50 fewer incidents than the 553 reported by this time last year.
