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Bronx Man Shot, Killed After a Dispute in Mott Haven

By Kerri Anne Renzulli | June 2, 2013 6:59pm
 Police investigate the intersection of East 139th Street and Brook Avenue in Mott Haven after a man was shot and killed there early Sunday morning.
Police investigate the intersection of East 139th Street and Brook Avenue in Mott Haven after a man was shot and killed there early Sunday morning.
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DNAinfo/Kerri Anne Renzulli
MOTT HAVEN—A 21-year-old man was shot and killed at the corner of East 139th Street and Brook Avenue early this morning.
 
The man, Ivan Martinez, who neighbors say went by the nickname "Born," was shot once in the head at 3:25 a.m. following a fight with a couple of other men.
 
Neighbors say police pursued the other men up Brook Avenue but lost them around 142 Street.
 
The victim was transported to Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.