A Bronx man was shot to death outside his apartment building, cops said Sunday.
Daniel Lachapel, 25, was shot in the head on Allerton Ave. near White Plains Road in Allerton at about 10:50 p.m. Saturday. He died at the scene.
Neighbors said they heard multiple shots ring out but not much commotion after.
“I heard eight shots,” said Kevin Hernandez, 30, who lives in the building and was a friend of the victim. “The guy is the calmest guy. He doesn’t mess with anybody. He’s always on his own.”
Cops have made no arrests in the slaying.
“People couldn’t even go outside ’cause [police] said it was a crime scene,” Hernandez said. “When they told me who it was, it just shocked me. I didn’t expect that guy to get killed.”
Neighbor Hector Martinez, 64, said he didn’t realize the shots happened so close to home until police arrived.
“Oh, man, 25 years old? Young guy. I’m sorry to hear that,” he said. “I’m new here. I came here from Miami. … I haven’t heard something bad happen here like that.”
Still Hernandez and others described the neighborhood as dangerous.
“Me, myself I got jumped a month ago,” Hernandez recounted. “This area is just bad. Same spot he got shot is the same spot I got jumped.”
Lachapel’s shooting marks the second homicide this year in the Bronx’s 49th Precinct, which saw five killings in all of 2023.
