Brooklyn Man Shot Dead In Washington Heights, Police Say

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A man was shot and killed while being robbed early Saturday morning in front of an apartment building in Washington Heights, police said.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting at 508 W. 166th St. around 5 a.m. Saturday and found the body of Charles Reynoso, 24, in front of the apartment building, police said. The Bed-Stuy resident was suffering a gunshot wound to the head, police said.

EMS rushed Reynoso to Columbia University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The NYPD investigation into the shooting is ongoing and no suspects have been identified, police said. Police believe that Reynoso was shot during an attempted robbery.

The Brooklyn man's aunt told the Daily News that it was going to be his birthday next Sunday, and that he had dreams of opening a day care center.

"He loved kids," Reynoso's aunt Annie Santiago told the Daily News. "He was killed because he was robbed, and we need justice."

Reynoso's murder is the third recorded homicide in the NYPD's 33rd precinct this year, according to crime statistics. The precinct covers most of the Washington Heights neighborhood from West 155th Street to West 179th Street. There were zero murders in the precinct at this time in 2018, according to the statistics, where were recorded as of June 2. In the entire year of 2018 there was only one murder in the precinct, which means the precinct has already tripled last year's total in just the first half of 2019.