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Bronx News Roundup, July 23

Welcome to another edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Here are today’s top stories, starting with the weather: Hot, humid and overcast. Thunderstorms are expected this evening and there’s a chance we could see some hail. 

As if the tragic shooting in Colorado wasn’t enough, a 4-year-old Bronx boy, identified as Lloyd Morgan, was shot in the head by a stray bullet and killed during a shootout in Morrisania on Sunday night. Police say an argument erupted during a basketball tournament at Forest Houses and two people began firing at each other. Two other people were expected to survive after being shot during the melee. [Daily News]

European soccer teams Chelsea (England) and Paris Saint-Germain (France) played to a 1-1 tie at Yankee Stadium yesterday. [Daily News]

The Daily News reports that the NYPD is putting more cops in Bronx (and Queens) subway stations overnight in an attempt to fight rising transit crime, especially the theft of electronic devices like iPhones.

The NY Post says it caught two Bronx public high schools cheating students and the system during summer school.

Jose Linares, a Bronx car wash worker, told the Daily News he’s earning less than minimum wage while working at a car wash on Webster Avenue and 174th Street and is now planning to join a Tuesday rally in support of fellow low-wage workers.

More on Bronx Olympian gymnast John Orozco.

The Times takes a look at the Trinity Danish Young People’s Society, a beachfront club on City Island that was once a popular gathering spot for young Dane’s in New York City, but is now open to others.

Alumni of the soon to be phased out John F. Kennedy High School in Marble Hill are organizing a multi-year reunion this summer to celebrate the school’s 40-year anniversary. [Daily News]

Bronx parents met with representatives from the DOE and NYPD to talk about the high rate of arrests in Bronx schools of black and Latino students. [Village Voice]

That’s all we have time for today, folks. Send links and news tips to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.

 

 

 

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