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Crime File: Bronx Station Robbery, Shooter Wanted

Crime File: Bronx Station Robbery, Shooter Wanted
“D” Train Robbery
Three people remain on the run for allegedly attacking and robbing a woman inside the Kingsbridge Road “D” subway station on March 12. The incident transpired at 3:30 p.m., when two men and one woman approached the 34-year-old female victim. In a bizarre exchange, one of the men accused the victim of stealing his pizza and kicked her in the leg, causing her to drop her phone. The male perpetrator began to walk away, but sped up and ran off away as well.

The man who initiated the assault is described as 6”3, black, and between 25 and 35 years old. He was wearing a black leather jacket, red, white, and blue scarf, gray sweatpants and black shoes.  The second man was described as Hispanic, wearing a black knit cap, a black jacket, blue jeans, white sneakers, and a black-and-white backpack.

The woman accused of stealing the phone is described as black, with black hair. She was wearing a light colored jacket, red pants, and light colored sneakers.

Teen Attacked
Two women are wanted for an attack of a 13-year-old girl on West Gun Hill Road on Feb. 18 at around 10:30 p.m. The girl was walking at the street when the pair attacked her, taking her cell phone and clothes, and then running off, according to police.

Both suspects were captured of video. They’re are described as Hispanic women standing at 5”5 and last seen wearing dark-colored clothes. One woman is 180 pounds while the other is described as 220 pounds.

Crime File: Bronx Station Robbery, Shooter WantedShooter on the Loose
Cops are once again calling on the public to help them track a man accused of shooting his roommate several times before fleeing.

Police have identified the suspect as Douglas Sellers, 36, described as black, standing at 5’ 7” with brown eyes and weighing around 170 pounds. Police say Sellers got into an argument with his 35-year-old roommate on Feb. 18 at around 11 a.m. inside their apartment on Decatur Avenue and Mosholu Parkway, leading to Sellers firing several rounds in the victim’s chest, right shoulder, left hand and abdomen.

Additional reporting by David Cruz. Anyone with information about the incidents is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or (888)-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish speakers. Call with be kept confidential.

 

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