NYC couple found in burning car ID’d as ex-college hoopster, gal pal
The charred our bodies present in a burning automotive at a Bronx golf course Monday have been recognized Wednesday as a university basketball participant and his gal pal — and cops stated they’d each been fatally shot earlier than the car was set alight.
Jesse Parrilla, a 19-year-old hoopster from the Bronx who performed at Genesee Group School in upstate New York, and Nikki Wong have been discovered within the burned automotive on Shore Highway close to the Pelham/Break up Rock Golf Course round 4:15 a.m. on Monday, regulation enforcement sources stated.
The pair have been so badly charred that cops initially couldn’t determine them and even inform their gender till Wednesday.
Sources stated the automotive was registered to Parrilla’s mom, Michelle Morales, and registered on the Decrease East Aspect condo the place they stay.
Wong was shot within the head and Parrilla within the chest earlier than the automotive was set ablaze.
Police haven’t launched a motive for the shootings nor recognized a suspect.
Parilla, a 6-foot guard, averaged 4.6 factors per recreation within the 2018-2019 season on the faculty, which is in replace Batavia, the college’s house web page stated.
