NYC man, 28, gunned down near Bronx Hall of Justice

A man was gunned down in the Bronx Friday afternoon just a half-block away from the Bronx Hall of Justice.

Denzel Plummer, 28, was shot in the chest by an unknown assailant as he stood outside a liquor store across the street from his home in Concourse Village, cops and family said.

Around 3:50 p.m., two men pulled up in a black SUV outside the LLQ Wine & Liquor store on E. 161st St.

One of the men got out, pulled a gun, and shot Plummer, said police.

The men then tore away down Morris Ave. in their car, and medics rushed the wounded Plummer to Lincoln Hospital where he died, cops said.

Hours later, his grieving mother stood nearby as people put together a memorial for her son.

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”He was a good man and a very good father,” said Luvenia Staples, 57. “He was loved by everyone on the block.”

Plummer had a job as a stock worker at Macy’s on W. 34th St. in Midtown, and had celebrated his 28th birthday on July 1st, his mom added.

Plummer’s son is just old enough to comprehend that his father is gone. “He’s old enough to understand. He cried and cried,” Staples said.

”I’m trying to hold it together. I’m trying not to break down.”

Plummer’s aunt, who did not want to share her name, pointed to an NYPD watchtower on the corner and said that more could have been done to prevent the violence.

”There’s a police post on the corner, and two courts over there. Where were they? What were they doing?,” she asked.

”If this was a Yankees game, there would have been plenty of police. They would have shut all this down.”