Man Sought After Fatal Times Square Shooting, Police Say

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The NYPD has identified a person wanted for questioning for deadly shooting outside a Times Square bar.

Christopher Rivas, 30, is being sought by the NYPD in connection with the killing of 33-year-old Perseus Salichs, police said. The NYPD did not say whether Rivas is considered a suspect in the shooting at this time.

Salichs was shot and killed on Dec. 19 outside the popular bar Tonic, police said. NYPD officers arrived at the bar — located on Seventh Avenue between West 48th and 49th streets — shortly before 4 a.m. and found Salichs suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Rivas (pictured above) is described as standing about 5-foot-9 and weighing about 190 pounds, police said. He was last seen wearing a black baseball hat, red jacket, blue jeans and white sneakers.

Family members held a vigil outside Tonic on Sunday night for Salichs, ABC7 reported.

"There's a man out there loose, and we're waiting," aunt Marisol Salichs said during the vigil. "Who is he to take someone's life? Anyone's life?"

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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