Criminal Justice

UPDATE Wakefield: Man Arrested on Murder Charge following Fatal Shooting of 32-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A 31-year-old man has been arrested following the fatal shooting in mid-April of a 32-year-old man in the Wakefield section of The Bronx, police said.   As reported, an NYPD spokesperson said that on Tuesday, April 18, at around 10.53 p.m., officers from the 47th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot in front of 4531 Hill Avenue.   “Upon arrival officers observed a 32-year-old male with gunshot wounds to the head and shoulder,” an NYPD spokesperson said. “The victim was transported by EMS to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced deceased.”


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Olinville: 17-Year-Old Male Charged in Fatal Shooting of Second 17-Year-Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, April 18, that a 17-year-old Bronx boy has been indicted on murder, manslaughter, and additional charges in the fatal shooting, as reported, of a second 17-year-old boy at Burke Avenue subway station serving the 2/5 subway line in Olinville on April 10.   In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “Yet again, we are talking about the death of a boy at the hands of boys with a gun. The defendant, in concert with others, allegedly shot at the victim as he tumbled down the station stairwell, then as the


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Three Sought for Armed Robbery at Mosholu Parkway Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying three people wanted in connection to a robbery and assault that occurred at Mosholu Parkway subway station on the border of Jerome Park and Norwood.    Police said that on Friday, April 14, at around 4.55 a.m., a 52-year-old male victim was walking up the staircase into the Mosholu Parkway subway station, serving the 4 line, located at Jerome Avenue and Mosholu Parkway South, when three unidentified individuals who were unknown to him approached him.   They said the first placed the victim into a headlock and displayed a box cutter. The


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UPDATE Norwood: Murder Inquiry Opens following Fatal Shooting at Woodlawn Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
A 45-year-old man has died following a fatal shooting (murder) in Norwood police said. The victim was later named by police as Devon Millington from the Wakefield section of The Bronx, who had previously served reduced time in prison on murder and drug-related charges.   Police said the incident occurred on Saturday April 15, at 5.47 a.m. in the vicinity of Woodlawn station, which is the last stop on the 4 subway line in The Bronx.   The previous morning, as reported, a 52-year-old man had been robbed and assaulted at Mosholu Parkway subway station, one stop before Woodlawn on


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UPDATE University Heights: Two Arrested in Early Morning Shooting of Two Youths

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Police said two people have been arrested in the case of the non-fatal shooting of two teenagers in University Heights in April. The NYPD had been asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photo who, they said, were sought for questioning in connection to the incident.   Police said that on Friday, April 14, at around 2 a.m. in the vicinity of 1950 Andrews Avenue, three people fired several gunshots from a gray Hyundai Sonata, striking the two 18-year-old male victims.   “One victim sustained a gunshot wound to the back. The other victim


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Fordham Heights: Man Punched & Robbed aboard Overnight 4 Train at 183rd Street Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in the attached photos who they said is sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in transit on the border of Fordham Heights and University Heights.   Police said that on Thursday, April 13, at around 4.45 a.m., a 33-year-old male victim was sitting on the southbound 4 train which was heading toward the 183rd Street Station when an unidentified man, unknown to the victim, approached him and punched him multiple times in the face.   A police spokesperson said the suspect then


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UPDATE SEE IT: KFC Manager Shares Thoughts on Recording Kingsbridge Police-Involved Shooting in Real Time

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The manager of the KFC at Broadway and West 232nd Street in Kingsbridge, Chris Ferguson, has shared the video he took of the police-involved shooting outside the KFC premises on the elevated subway tracks of the West 231st Street subway station on Thursday night, April 13, as reported. He also shared his thoughts on capturing the incident in real time and his thoughts on gun violence. Click here and here to watch both the incident and the aftermath of the shooting, captured by Ferguson’s steady hand. [Videos courtesy of Chris Ferguson]   As reported, one man was hospitalized following the


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Riley Leads Press Conference at City Hall to Close Rikers

By SÍLE MOLONEY
District 12 City Council Member Kevin Riley and District 33 City Council Member Lincoln Restler lead a rally entitled, “A Pathway to Closing Rikers Island and Ending Mass Incarceration in NYC,” by safely reducing the jail population at City Hall in Manhattan on Tuesday, April 11,  together with other council members and advocates for the incarcerated.   As reported, Rikers Island jail has been plagued with bad press for many years due to, among other reasons, the number of people who have died while in custody, awaiting trial, and the number of violent incidents involving both detainees and NYC Department of


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University Heights: Two Sought in Attempted Assault

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photos who the department says are sought in connection with an attempted assault that occurred on the southern border of University Heights.   It was reported to police that on Monday, April 10, at approximately 2.05 p.m., two unidentified male individuals on a blue moped approached two unidentified male individuals who were walking in the vicinity of Andrews Avenue South and West Burnside Avenue.   A police spokesperson said one of the two got off the moped, displayed a gun and shot multiple rounds in


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