BMW driver shot dead in botched robbery near New York Botanical Garden: cops, sources

A 26-year-old man was shot dead during what appeared to be a botched robbery as he sat in the driver’s seat of a BMW steps from the New York Botanical Garden early Friday, cops and sources said.

Three men wearing all black up stormed up to the victim’s ride and opened the door while he was stopped on Thwaites Place near Barker Avenue in Pelham Parkway around 12:20 a.m., authorities said. 

The brazen crew apparently tried to rob the driver but failed and opened fire, hitting him in the chest, authorities and sources said. 

The trio fled on foot, leaving the victim mortally wounded, police said. 

He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.

It remained unclear Friday whether the still-at-large suspects knew the victim. 

The slain man’s name has not yet been released pending family notification.