Shooting

UPDATE Fordham Manor: Residents React to Daylight Shooting of Two Cousins & Two Brothers by St. James Park

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Local residents gave their reaction to Norwood News to a shocking, multiple daylight shooting on East 193rd Street and Morris Avenue in Fordham Manor, beside St. James Park in which scores of people had gathered on Tuesday evening, July 11.   As previously reported, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said during a press conference held at the crime scene on Tuesday night that at around 5.50 p.m. on Tuesday evening, video footage shows two people pull up on East 193rd Street by St. James Park on the scooter, wearing all black and ski masks.   He said the


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UPDATE Fordham Manor: Four Shot including Two Kids Three Days after Peace BBQ Held at St. James Park

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD has released a video and photo of two suspects and is appealing to the public for help identifying the two shooters who are sought for the drive-by, daylight, multiple shooting of four people, including two young children under the age of 7, on East 193rd Street and Morris Avenue, beside St. James Park, in Fordham Manor on Tuesday evening. All four were reported to be in stable condition on July 11.   During a press conference held at the crime scene on Tuesday evening, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said that the four gunshot victims included a


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University Heights: Further Arrest Made in February Attempted Assault on Two Men

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said they have arrested a 26-year-old man in relation to an attempted assault in University Heights in early February.   As reported, the police had been asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photos who department officials said was sought for questioning in connection to the attempted assault.   Police said it was reported to them that on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at approximately 10.22 p.m., three male individuals approached a large group of people in front of 2065 Jerome Avenue, two displayed guns and fired several rounds, striking a 28-year-old man and a


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UPDATE-Fordham Heights: 18-Year-Old Youth Dead and 19-Year-Old Wounded in Shoot-Out

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police have arrested two people following the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old young man and the wounding of a second 19-year-old male youth during an apparent drive-by shooting following a Fourth of July street celebration in Fordham Heights.   As reported, police said that on Wednesday, July 5, at around 2.21 a.m., officers from the 46th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding two young men who had been shot at 2256 Morris Avenue.   “Upon arrival officers observed an 18-year-old male with a gun shot wound to the leg and 19-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the hip,”


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UPDATE Olinville: 5-Year-Old Girl Shot inside Car, Two Suspects Identified

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying and locating the people seen in the attached photos further below who department officials say are sought in connection with an assault in Olinville on June 30 in which a 5-year-old girl was shot in the back.   Police said that on Friday, June 30, at around 7 p.m. in the vicinity of East 213th Street and White Plains Road, two people displayed firearms and discharged numerous rounds. As reported, a 5-year-old girl was struck in the left side of her back during the incident and was removed by EMS to


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UPDATE Williamsbridge: Man, 26, Dies following Shooting, 2nd Man Shot in Leg

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police have identified the 26-year-old man who died following a fatal shooting in Williamsbridge on Thursday, June 29.   As reported, according to the NYPD, on June 29 at around 00.32 a.m., officers from the 47th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding shots fired at East 213th Street and Holland Avenue.   “Upon arrival, officers observed a 34-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the right leg,” a police spokesperson said. “EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi, in stable condition. Further investigation revealed a second victim from the incident location, a


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Soundview Killer sentenced to 83 Years for Two Murders and Wounding of One Victim’s Brother

By DAVID GREENE
A Bronx man from the Unionport section of the borough was sentenced to 83 years to life in prison for a shooting spree that began with the killing of one person in August 2019 and ended with a second killing, as well as the wounding of the brother of one of the victims in November of the same year.   Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said the defendant, Dane Richardson, 40, of Bruckner Boulevard in Unionport was sentenced by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Margaret Clancy on Thursday, June 22, after a jury had earlier found him guilty of second-degree murder,


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