UPDATE Mt. Hope: 21-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the people seen in the attached video and photos who are sought for questioning in connection to an ongoing murder investigation into the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in Mt. Hope. As reported, police said that on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at around 5.21 p.m., police responded to calls regarding shots fired at 273 East 176th Street. An NYPD spokesperson said, “Upon arrival, officers observed a 21-year-old male with gun shot wounds to the torso. The victim was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.” Police

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 37-year-old male resident of Fordham Manor has been identified as one of two fatal victims involved in last weekend’s multiple shooting incident in the Tremont section of The Bronx, according to the NYPD. Police said that on Friday, Feb. 10, at around 2.31 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding an incident in which multiple people were shot at East Tremont Avenue and Hughes Avenue, located outside a branch of the Popeye’s restaurant franchise. Upon arrival, officers discovered four people had been shot. A NYPD spokesperson said the first victim was a 24-year-old man who was

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Following the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man at 4057 Pratt Avenue in north Edenwald on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, police shared a video of the incident and are appealing to the public for help with the investigation. Video courtesy of the NYPD Following the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in north Edenwald in January, police have shared a video and some photos of a vehicle and some people they are attempting to identify in connection to the incident. They are appealing to the public for help with the investigation. On Wednesday, Jan. 18, at around

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 27-year-old man has died following an early morning shooting in Parkchester. Police said that on Saturday, Feb. 11, at around 5.01 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot in front of 1556 White Plains Road, located in the 43rd Precinct. A police spokesperson said, “Upon arrival, officers observed a 27-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the head.” The spokesperson added, “EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced deceased.” Police said there were no immediate arrests, the investigation remains ongoing,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking the public’s help identifying the person or vehicle seen in the attached photos regarding a reckless endangerment incident (a shooting) that occurred in Bedford Park. Police said that on Saturday, Feb. 11, at around 6.47 a.m., an unidentified man got out of a black sedan and fired a number of shots in the direction of a black SUV located in front of 2870 Webster Avenue. They said the gunman then got back into the sedan and fled the location southbound on Webster Avenue. An NYPD spokesperson said, “The SUV also fled the location to

By DAVID GREENE

More than five months after a Norwood man was found dead inside an apartment, where a second man may have been removed by paramedics, the NYPD, FDNY and the Office of the City’s Medical Examiner have remained silent as regards updates on the case, despite several requests for information. According to police officials, officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to 16 East 208th Street and De Kalb Avenue at 10.22 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, where they discovered Adam Perez, 44, inside a third-floor apartment. Perez was “unconscious and unresponsive” and was pronounced deceased at the scene. At

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Belmont native, The Hon. Yadhira González-Taylor, a lawyer, veteran, educator, retired firefighter, children’s author, and mother of three, was formally inducted as a civil court judge of the City of New York for Bronx County on Sunday, Jan. 29 at Monroe College. It followed her November 2022 general election win when, as reported, she garnered 23.30 percent of the vote, along with fellow Democrats, the Hon. Michele Davila who won 22.82 percent of the vote, the Hon. Sophia Hershman who won 20.11 percent and the Hon. Cynthia Isales who won 19.56 percent. Among the attendees were Bronx District Attorney Darcel

By DAVID GREENE

Parents making their routine trip to pick up their kids from school in Kingsbridge Heights were horrified recently to learn that a 16-year-old male youth had been stabbed. Police said the teen remains in critical condition as police search for the suspect who reportedly plunged a knife into the victim. According to an NYPD official, the incident was reported at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, on Jerome Avenue, between West 195th Street and West Kingsbridge Road on the border of Kingsbridge Heights and Fordham Manor. The NYPD official told Norwood News, “A 16-year-old male was stabbed in the stomach

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Though a number of serious crimes were reported on in January in the Northwest Bronx and across the borough, NYPD officials said that for the month of January, the number of overall shooting incidents and murders in New York City declined, compared to January 2022, a drop they attribute to what was called the department’s “enhanced public safety investment” across each borough, in every neighborhood. Department officials said major crimes in the subway system have dropped precipitously, and arrests for overall index crimes stand at a 24-year high for any January in the modern era (when the department starting