BMW Driver Hits and Kills Shariq Bryant in Bronx Hit-and-Run
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A driver in a 2025 BMW M8 hit and killed 27-year-old Shariq Bryant near East 222nd Street and Boston Road in the Bronx, then left on foot, police said in news reports.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Shariq Bryant, 27, died after a driver in a 2025 BMW M8 hit him on East 222nd Street near Boston Road in Williamsbridge shortly after midnight on Dec. 6, 2025. The city crash record lists one pedestrian killed and identifies the vehicle as a sedan. Police accounts in news reports said the driver was heading east, hit Bryant as he crossed mid-block, continued to a telephone pole, and then left on foot. Reporters described a memorial at the corner, and friends and relatives remembered Bryant as warm, caring, and deeply loved. Police had not announced an arrest in the reviewed reports.
Police said the driver left after hitting Bryant
The city crash record places the fatal crash at East 222nd Street and Boston Road at 12:17 a.m. on Dec. 6, 2025, and records one pedestrian killed. News reports citing police identified the man as Shariq Bryant, 27, and said the driver in a 2025 BMW M8 was traveling east on East 222nd Street when he hit Bryant as Bryant crossed mid-block.
Police said in the reviewed reports that the driver continued east, hit a telephone pole, got out, and fled on foot. Several reports said a 28-year-old front-seat passenger had minor injuries and was not hospitalized, while the city crash record lists no injured people in addition to Bryant's death.
The crash happened in Williamsbridge, where neighbors cited speeding
The crash occurred near East 222nd Street and Boston Road in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx. Articles described Bryant as crossing East 222nd Street mid-block near the Boston Road intersection.
ABC7 reported that local business owners said that specific intersection was no stranger to speeding and violent crashes, and that police were seen pulling over drivers for speeding there on the Monday after Bryant died.
Friends and relatives remembered Bryant as uplifting
The Daily News reported that Bryant had moved out of state years earlier and was back in his old Bronx neighborhood visiting a local bar before the crash. A friend who was with him that night said, "He doesn't deserve this. He was an uplifting dude. Everyone loved him."
A cousin told the Daily News that Bryant worked in IT and wanted to be able to take care of his family. Gothamist reported that an online fundraiser described him as a "warm, caring and deeply loving soul."
Reports pointed to speed as police searched for the driver
ABC7 described the driver as suspected of speeding, and News12 reported that surveillance video showed a driver in a BMW speeding on East 222nd Street before the crash. The reviewed reports did not say police had announced an arrest.
A memorial grew near the corner
By the days after the crash, reporters described candles, flowers, teddy bears, and other tributes near the spot where Bryant died. ABC7 reported that Bryant's girlfriend was tending the vigil, rearranging flowers and cleaning candles left by friends and loved ones.