EAST NEW YORK, Brooklyn — Jean Paul Guerrero, the popular Spanish radio host known as DJ Jinx Paul on Mega 97.9 FM, was killed in a Brooklyn hit-and-run Monday morning.
Guerrero, 39, was crossing the street at the intersection of Sheffield and Jamaica avenues shortly after 4 a.m. when a vehicle struck him.
When police arrived, they found Guerrero with severe trauma to his body. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The vehicle that struck him, said to be a black sedan, did not stay on the scene.
Mourners gathered at the scene Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil to honor the beloved DJ.
Police are still looking for the driver and released surveillance video of the vehicle they believe was involved in the hit-and-run.
Guerrero last posted on Instagram and Twitter around 3 a.m. The post was a photo of the crowd at Caoba Brooklyn Bistro in Cypress Hills with the caption:
“I’m sorry con excuse me!!! But @caoba_bistro is no freakin joke!!! We got this lit and a half!! And it’s only 3am wow!! #quericoooo mega Sunday’s!!! This is just stupid!!!! Wow!!!”
Guerrero was at the venue hosting the event “Mega Sundays” with Dj Carlito.
Mega 97.9 FM released a statement Monday night on Guerrero’s death on Instagram, calling him one “a true warrior of the radio.” The station said the team will remember him as an “inescapable and hardworking companion.”
“DJ Jinx Paul won the affection of all who worked with him on Mega 97.9 and 93.1. It was love from the first day he set foot in our home on 56th Street in Manhattan,” the statement said.
“It is a moment of great pain and sadness for Mega 97.9 FM and the radio fans due to the sudden and unexpected death of our companion and friend, DJ Jinx Paul, who will always be remembered. On behalf of the SBS family New York, we send our heartfelt condolences to his wife to his child, brothers and relatives,” Eric Garcia, CRO of the radio division and General Manager of SBS New York, also said in a statement.
