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Rising 19-Year-Old Basketball Star Fatally Shot In Bronx

October 16, 2016 11:08 PM

Filed Under: Bronx shooting, Joseph Jimenez, NYPD

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A talented student and rising basketball star was shot and killed Saturday night in the Bronx as police believe it may have been a case of mistaken identity.

CBS2’s Steve Langford reports neighbors reported hearing a struggle ! and then gunshots around 11:30 p.m. in the Mount Eden section of the 2 Bronx.

Joseph Jimenez, 19, was shot and killed just a block from his family’s apartment.

“And now everything died, everything. Joseph died, my sister,” said Elisabeth Ortiz, the victim’s aunt.

Investigators suggest Jimenez may not have been the intended target. Outside the young man’s home there were profound expressions of grief from friends and family who were mourning a life cut short by senseless violence.

Jimenez was going to college while working. Police said he had never been in any trouble.

Another young man at the scene was shot in the leg.

He was taken to the hospital with a wound that is not considered life- threatening.

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