The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection with a shooting incident in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx.

 

Police said that on Wednesday, July 16, at around 11.50 p.m. in front of 2710 Morris Avenue, an unidentified person displayed a gun and fired multiple shots. They said the person then fled the location on foot to parts unknown and there were no injuries reported as a result of the incident.

 

The address of the shooting is next to the site of the now-closed El Divino Niño Daycare center at 2707 Morris Avenue, where one-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici tragically died following an accidental fentanyl overdose on Sept. 15, 2023, as reported. Four people were subsequently charged and convicted in relation to the incident when it was discovered that the center was being used as a front for an illicit fentanyl operation, as reported.

 

Nicholas was honored at a street co-naming ceremony in Kingsbridge Heights one year after his death. Various laws have since been introduced at City and State levels in the wake of the tragedy.

 

Senate Bill S7815 sponsored by State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33) introduced in 2023 has passed in the Senate. It was accompanied, also in 2023, by Assembly Bill A8966A sponsored by Assemblyman George Alvarez (A.D. 78). According to public records, the latter bill remains at the Assembly committee stage.

 

Subsequent versions of these bills in the form of Senate Bill S6225 and Assembly Bill A3899 were introduced in the 2025-2026 legislative session. The former has passed in the senate and the latter remains at the Assembly committee stage.

 

The bill aims to provide education and training for providers on overdose prevention, ensure thorough training for inspectors on how to identify illicit drugs, and empower parents, who, elected leaders said, are by far their children’s strongest advocates, by ensuring they are informed about avenues for inquiries and complaints to the State’s Office of Children and Family Services, as well as their rights to inspect childcare facilities.  

 

Another bill sponsored by Rivera related to the tragedy, S6226, and carried in the Assembly by Assemblymember Paulin under bill number A1382, has passed both houses. This pair of bills legislates for the provision of training to staff members accepting registrations, issuing licenses or conducting inspections of child day care homes, programs or facilities on the recognition of controlled substances.

 

At the city council level, Res. 0563-2024, sponsored by City Councilwoman Pierina Sanchez (C.D. 14), had been referred to the city council health committee as of June 2025. The bill aims to tighten regulations, enhance inspections, and provide training and resources to daycare providers and parents to ensure the safety of children in child day care homes, programs, and facilities across New York State, and was drafted in tandem with, and supplementary to, the accompanying State legislation.

 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

Editor’s Note: In a recent version of this story, Norwood News incorrectly reported that Senate Bill S7815 had passed in both houses of the State legislature. In fact it was Bill S6226 that had passed in both houses. We apologize for this error.