{"id":436611,"date":"2025-12-10T00:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436611\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:05:20","slug":"exclusive-mom-of-beloved-it-worker-killed-by-nyc-hit-and-run-driver-pleads-for-driver-to-come-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436611\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Mom of beloved IT worker killed by NYC hit-and-run driver pleads for driver to come forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mother of a beloved IT worker killed by a hit-and-run driver<\/a> pleaded for the motorist to come forward Tuesday \u2014 saying she forgives the killer. <\/p>\n

Heartbroken Keryann Stephens remembered her 27-year-old son Shariq Bryant as an \u201cangel\u201d who took care of his autistic brother and \u201clifted everyone up around him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bryant was visiting pals in The Bronx over the weekend when the driver of a 2025 BMW M8 slammed into him as he crossed the intersection on East 222nd near Boston Road at around 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, cops and his grieving kin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shariq Bryant, 27, was killed by a hit-and-run driver in the Bronx. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n

The maniac motorist barreled into a pole before bolting on foot, leaving behind Bryant and an injured passenger inside the mangled car, according to the NYPD.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bryant, an IT tech visiting from Connecticut, was rushed with severe body trauma to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stephens urged her son\u2019s killer to turn himself in, while telling him \u201cI forgive you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou took a wonderful person away from a family. The Holy Spirit is going to lead you to turn yourself in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a God-fearing woman. I have to forgive you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shattered mom said her son would want her to celebrate the upcoming holidays with his two younger brothers \u2014 one of whom is autistic \u2014 despite his tragic death.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The driver bolted out of the mangled BMW and left behind an injured passenger. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would want me to make sure they have a good Christmas,\u201d she said, breaking down in tears during a phone interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe already started buying presents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bryant \u201calways put a smile on my face,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cWhen I\u2019m down, my son made me smile. He lifted me up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Family friend Taniyah Montgomery, 21, echoed those sentiments, comparing Bryant to \u201can adopted older brother\u201d prone to picking up tabs when they ate at Big Apple restaurants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IT tech Shariq Bryant was visiting pals in the Bronx when he was killed by a reckless driver. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t try to question God\u00a0but out of all people, why Sha?\u201d she said,\u00a0referring to his nickname.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had this crazy infectious laugh,\u201d she recalled, \u201cthat even when something was not funny, hearing him laugh made you laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mother of a beloved IT worker killed by a hit-and-run driver pleaded for the motorist to come…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":436612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,4219,5417,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5305,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-436611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-hit-and-run","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-the-bronx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115692353972278035","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}