Overview
- A passenger was shot in the abdomen aboard a Bx36 bus near East Tremont Avenue and White Plains Road and later died at Jacobi Medical Center after the incident on Monday.
- Police say the shooting followed an argument about a rider speaking loudly on a cellphone and that the gunman fled south on White Plains Road.
- Authorities describe the suspect as a teenage male wearing a white T‑shirt and carrying a black handgun and say no arrests have been made.
- Family members identified the victim as 41-year-old Jonathan Pettigrew, a catering worker and father of seven, and relatives have spoken publicly about the loss.
- NYPD investigators are reviewing video and asking the public to call Crime Stoppers with tips as officials warn that progress will depend on surveillance review, witness cooperation, and forensic work.