Cops have identified a suspect in the fatal August shooting of a Bronx father — and are asking the public’s help tracking the wanted man down.
Evaristo Melendez, 47, is being sought in the shooting of Clay Monsanto Jr., 32, who was shot in the back near E. 176th St. and Anthony Ave. in Morris Heights about 8:10 a.m. Aug. 26.
NYPD officials named the suspect and released a photo of him Monday.
Monsanto was the fourth member of his family to be murdered, after his father and two brothers were slain in his native Belize.
Melendez was wearing a black hooded sweater, black pants and blue sneakers when he fled the scene, cops said. He has a criminal history going back to 2001, according to police.
Medics rushed Monsanto Jr. to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he died.
“He was a very personab