Shooting

UPDATE East Bronx: Shooting Outside Speaker Carl Heastie’s Office

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A shooting outside the constituency office of NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in the East Bronx, south of Baychester, at East Gun Hill Road and Fenton Avenue has left one person in in critical condition, police said.   According to an NYPD spokesperson, police said one person was shot in the head at the location on Monday, April 17, around 3 p.m. and is in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital. There is no suspect description available at this time they said. No further description was available on the victim yet either police said.   The NYPD later cordoned off 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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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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Kingsbridge: Man Armed with Imitation Pistol acting “Crazy” Shot by Police on Elevated Subway Track

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  One man has been hospitalized following a police-involved shooting at 231st Street subway station in Kingsbridge, following an apparent stand off on the elevated train track between police and the man who officers said was armed with a gun. Witnesses also reported seeing  a man on the elevated train track at 238th Street subway station armed with a gun, who had been acting erratically.   A press conference was held a few hours after the incident under 231st Street subway station, which along with a long stretch of Broadway, had been cordoned off by police. Present were NYPD Chief


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UPDATE Norwood: 25-Year-Old Man Stable after Being Shot on Hull Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
  Police said a man is being treated at an area hospital after he was shot in Norwood on Saturday, April 8.   A police spokesperson said the incident occurred at around 6.16 p.m. at the corner of East 209th Street and Hull Avenue. The spokesperson said, “We have an individual [who] was shot one time in the right buttocks while sitting in a car.” He said the victim transported himself to Montefiore Medical Center in Norwood, and is in a stable condition. We asked if the person was sitting with the car door closed or open when the shooting occurred. “I


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Fordham Manor: Arrest Made in Fatal Shooting of Norwood Resident, Angel “Pookie” Cuasant

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
The NYPD said the department has made an arrest in the fatal shooting in Fordham Manor of 26-year-old Norwood resident, Angel “Pookie” Cuasant, on Dec. 18, 2022.   An NYPD spokesperson said on Wednesday, April 5, that Andres Latorre, 37, from East 158th Street in the Melrose section of The Bronx was arrested, and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. As reported, police said officers responded to a 911 call regarding a male who had been shot inside 2650 Briggs Avenue in Fordham Manor on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 11.13 a.m.   “Upon arrival, they discovered


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UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: Police-Involved Shooting Leaves Man, 43, Critical

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Police said a police-involved shooting involving an armed, emotionally disturbed person occurred at 2685 Grand Concourse in Kingsbridge Heights on Sunday morning, March 26.   The incident comes on the back of an announcement, as reported, in mid-December by New York City Mayor Eric Adams of a new plan, regarded as controversial by some, to provide outreach and care to people with untreated severe mental illness, part of which involves initial contact with police.   A police spokeswoman said the incident occurred at around 10.04 a.m. and that the victim remains in critical condition.   During a press conference


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Crotona: Police Open Murder Inquiry following Fatal Shooting of 34-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police have opened a murder investigation following the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man and the non-fatal shooting of a second man in the Crotona section of The Bronx.   An NYPD spokesperson said that on Saturday, March 25, at around 3.07a.m., officers from the 48th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot at the intersection of East 179th Street and Mapes Avenue.   The spokesperson said, “Upon arrival, officers observed a 34-year-old male with gunshot wounds throughout the body. EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital, where


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