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Rideshare driver found shot dead in car in what could be NYC’s first homicide of 2026

The 55-year-old victim was found with a mortal gunshot wound to the head when cops responded to the intersection of Morris Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway in Mount Hope just before 7 a.m., police said.

Responding EMS workers pronounced him dead at the scene, authorities said.

The victim, who was not immediately identified by police, was a rideshare driver, WABC reported.

The city medical examiner’s office will officially determine how he died, cops said.

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