Criminal Justice
Mt Hope: Death of 5-Year-Old Twins inside East 175th Street Building Ruled a Homicide
UPDATE Norwood: Woman & 7 Men Arrested for Alleged Drug, Gun Possession & Child Endangerment
UPDATE Crotona: Police Arrest Man Sought in Connection with Fatal Shooting on East Tremont Ave
Fordham Manor: Man Fatally Shot and Second Man Hospitalized
UPDATE Fordham Manor, Bronx: 2-Year-Old Boy Shot & Hospitalized
Former Female 52 Pct Cop Gets More than 5 Years for Helping Murderous Gang Leader Flee the U.S.
UPDATE Family of Angellyh Yambo Sues Gun Manufacturer Polymer80, Inc. for Wrongful Death
Vigil Held on 25th Anniversary of Death of Amadou Diallo
Fervently chanting “Amadou! Amadou!” a large crowd of Bronx residents, activists, lawmakers, and clergy joined family members of both the late Amadou Balio Diallo and other young, Black men killed by police in the Soundview section of The Bronx on Saturday, Feb. 3, for a vigil marking the 25th anniversary of Diallo’s death. According to police and media reports at the time, Diallo, a Muslim Guinean, died after he was shot 19 times by police on Wheeler Avenue in Soundview shortly after midnight on Feb. 4, 1999. He was unarmed and aged 23.