New York Man Fatally Shot After Confronting Teenager Over Loud Phone Call on Bus
Jonathan Pettigrew, 41, was shot and killed on a Bronx MTA bus Monday after asking a teenager to speak more quietly on his cell phone. The suspect, believed to be between 13 and 16 years old, fled south on White Plains Road and remains at large. The killing has left Pettigrew's seven children, including a 7-year-old daughter he was on his way to pick up from daycare, without their father.
Jonathan Pettigrew, 41, was fatally shot aboard a Bx36 bus near East Tremont Avenue and White Plains Road in the Bronx at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Monday after confronting a teenager who was talking loudly on a cell phone. The teen pulled a handgun and shot Pettigrew in the abdomen; he was transported to Jacobi Medical Center, where he later died. The suspect, described as between 13 and 16 years old and last seen wearing a white T-shirt, fled south on White Plains Road and has not been apprehended. Pettigrew's family described him as a devoted father who had recently secured stable housing after leaving a shelter and was on his routine to pick up his youngest daughter from daycare at the time of the shooting. His brother Avery Pettigrew expressed both grief and anger, noting their mother recently suffered a stroke and is struggling with the news, and said he plans to sue the city over the incident. Crime scene photographs show MTA bus #5295 cordoned off with police tape as officers investigated the interior of the vehicle. Pettigrew is survived by seven children and a close-knit family who are calling for the shooter's arrest.
What's missing
No information has been provided about whether the MTA bus had a security camera that captured the shooter's face, nor whether any witnesses beyond surveillance footage from a nearby business have come forward to assist the investigation.
How coverage differed
Both outlets covered the story from a sympathetic angle toward the victim and his family, but the New York Post placed greater emphasis on personal family details — including Pettigrew's recent exit from a shelter, his mother's stroke, and his brother's planned lawsuit against the city — while the Daily Wire focused more on the circumstances of the confrontation and Pettigrew's anxiety condition as context for why he spoke up.
What different sources said
- Daily WireRight
Dad Of Seven Asked A Teen To Quiet Down. What Happened Next Was Deadly.
- New York PostRight
Heartbroken family says daughter, 7, ‘too young to understand’ dad being fatally shot by obnoxious teen on bus: ‘Daddy’s little girl’
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