In the early morning hours of July 25, 2021, a tragic event unfolded on a street in the Bronx. Anthony Rios, a 38-year-old Hispanic male, was sitting in the passenger seat of his friend's Honda opposite 589 E. 164th Street. At approximately 2:28 a.m., an unidentified man approached the vehicle and fired multiple shots, striking Rios in the head. He was privately transported to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
The incident occurred within the confines of the 42nd Precinct.
Initially, the motive for the shooting was unclear, and the police began a thorough investigation, urging the public to come forward with any information. For months, the case remained under investigation with no arrests made. Witnesses at a nearby party in Charlton-Thompson Park reported hearing two gunshots, but it was not immediately clear if Rios had been attending the event.
A significant breakthrough in the case came nearly five months later. On December 14, 2021, the New York Police Department arrested Alexis Dubouchet, a 38-year-old resident of the Bronx. He was subsequently charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the death of Anthony Rios. The arrest was the result of an ongoing and intensive investigation that pieced together evidence linking Dubouchet to the crime.
Further details emerged about the suspect, revealing a lengthy criminal history with 20 prior arrests. At the time of the shooting, Dubouchet was reportedly out on bail and awaiting trial on an attempted murder charge from June 2020. In that earlier incident, he was accused of stabbing his supervisor at his NYCHA job, who was the brother of the then-Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Following his arrest for the murder of Anthony Rios, the case against Dubouchet proceeded through the legal system.
