Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 21-Year-Old on East Houston Street
A hit-and-run driver killed Andy Eduardo Gil, 21, near East Houston and Forsyth streets at about 5:01 a.m. on July 14, 2022, as he headed to a scheduled photo shoot, according to police and the city crash record.
What We Know
Andy Eduardo Gil, 21, was crossing near East Houston and Forsyth streets around 5:01 a.m. on July 14, 2022, when police said a fugitive driver hit him and left the scene. The city crash record records one pedestrian death, a westbound sedan traveling straight, and unsafe speed for the sedan; it also describes Gil as crossing against the signal. The Daily News reported that Gil was found unconscious, pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, and was on his way to a scheduled photo shoot after leaving one job for another.
Police described a fatal hit-and-run before dawn
The Daily News reported that police said a fugitive driver hit Andy Eduardo Gil around 5 a.m. in the East Village and left the scene. The city crash record says one pedestrian was killed at 5:01 a.m. on July 14, 2022, with no other injuries recorded.
Gil was found unconscious on the pavement near East Houston and Forsyth streets and later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, the Daily News reported.
At East Houston and Forsyth streets
The crash was recorded at East Houston Street and Forsyth Street in the 9th Precinct. The Daily News described the location as the East Village.
Andy Eduardo Gil was headed between work and a photo shoot
The Daily News identified the victim as Andy Eduardo Gil, 21, the son of Mexican immigrants. His father said Gil worked at a hotel and pursued photography and graphic design, and that he was headed to a scheduled photo shoot when he was killed.
His mother, Augustina Cano, told the Daily News that her son had wanted to buy his parents a home and said, “My son needs justice.”
Family waited as police searched for the driver
The Daily News reported that police were tracking down surveillance video as they searched for the driver who left the scene. Gil’s parents were mourning while awaiting an arrest, and his aunt traveled from California to support the family.