A man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon after an argument in the Bronx just blocks from his home, police said.

Officers responding to a 911 call just before 3 p.m. found that Carlos Rivera, 23, had been shot twice in the chest after an argument with another man near E. 176th St. and Anthony Ave., police said. EMS transported Rivera to St. Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved, police said.

Rivera lived on Clay Ave., less than two blocks from where he was shot, according to police.

“He was from the block,” said a 23-year-old woman who knew the victim but did not want to give her name. “It’s bad to see this happening in the neighborhood. Seeing someone that you see every day dying like that, it’s bad.”

“He was a good guy, to be honest. Always taking care of us. …Things was ugly out here. He was always making sure nothing happened to us out here,” she said.

The neighbor was inside her home when the shooting happened, but she said that when she went outside, she saw Rivera on the ground.

“He was just on the floor with blood,” she said.

The unidentified shooter ran east on E. 176th St., cops said.

There were no immediate arrests as as the investigation continues.

Originally Published: August 25, 2024 at 7:31 p.m.