A Bronx man died in hospital after he was shot in the shoulder last week for not giving up his ring, leaving his family, particularly his girlfriend and mother, distraught.
Jensy Amparo, 26, was returning to his car from Munchies Deli and Grocery on Grand Concourse and E. 167th St. in Highbridge on March 21, when an armed man confronted him at about 3 a.m.
The armed man opened the passenger door of Amparo’s 2018 Honda sedan and threatened to shoot if not given the ring. Amparo resisted and the man shot him in the right shoulder.
Amparo hit the gas on being shot and then crashed his car into three other cars in the parking lot, police told Daily News.
“He was shot in the shoulder, but due to the loss of blood, his brain wasn’t getting enough oxygen. He was brain dead,” Rodriguez said.
She said a woman, their friend, was also in the car with Amparo and suffered leg injuries.
Amparo, who worked as a construction worker, died on Saturday but was kept on life support until Monday night. “We had to pull the plug,” she told Daily News. “We’re all devastated, his mom especially.”
Rodriguez described Amparo as a caring person, even though he was facing criminal charges in four pending cases in Manhattan, including an armed robbery and a gang assault. Police were not sure if the shooting was related to those incidents.
“That has nothing to do with what happened that night,” said Rodriguez. “That’s way off topic.”
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