Police Investigate Fatal Shooting

Police Investigate Fatal Shooting
Photo by Edwin Soto

Police need your help solving a fatal late-night shooting in Belmont. According to police, two people were shot on Saturday, June at 10:30 p.m. inside the Grote Street Apartments’ courtyard at 760 E. 183rd Street. Upon arrival, police officers found Miguel Aviles, 37, with a gun shot wound to his chest and an unidentified woman 25, with a gun shot wound to her left leg. Both were rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital for treatment. Aviles was pronounced dead at the hospital and the woman remains in stable condition. No arrests have been made in this ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls are kept strictly confidential.