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The NYPD announced on Saturday, March 22, that they have made four arrests in a murder investigation after a 32-year-old man was fatally shot in the Edenwald section of The Bronx on Thursday afternoon, March 20, close to the border with Wakefield.
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The incident took place at around 4.05 p.m., police said, when officers from the 47th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot inside 1101 East 231st Street.
“Upon arrival, a 32-year-old male was discovered unconscious and unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen,” a police spokesperson said. “EMS responded and transported the aided male to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.”
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Police said there are no initial arrests and the investigation remained ongoing. The deceased was identified as:
Xavier Goodson, 32, from Edenwald, The Bronx.
On Saturday, the NYPD announced that pursuant to an ongoing investigation, Jahiem Pasco, 22, of Williamsbridge, The Bronx, Jaire Drakes, 20, of Edenwald, The Bronx, Naesean Jackson, 20, of Bridgeport, CT, and Kelvin Woods, 20, of Kingsbridge Heights, The Bronx were arrested on Friday, March 21, in the confines of the 47th Precinct in The Bronx.
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They were each charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, and two counts each of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
They are each presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.
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Crime statistics, including shootings, for the 47th Precinct, which covers the neighborhoods of Woodlawn, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Baychester, Edenwald, Olinville, Fishbay, as well as Woodlawn Cemetery, are attached as of March 16, along with those for the 46th, 50th, and 52nd Precincts as of the same date.
Further below are the statistics for the number of guns removed from New York City Streets by the NYPD to date, both since the beginning of 2025 and, accumulatively, since Jan. 1, 2022 (the beginning of the Adams administration).
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Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website at https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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