Shooting

Wakefield: Three Sought following Multiple Shooting of 17-Year-Old in the Back

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is looking for the public’s help identifying three individuals, seen in the attached video, sought in connection with a shooting that occurred in Wakefield.   On Thursday, Jan. 13, at approximately 2.57 p.m., in the vicinity of East 223rd Street and Carpenter Avenue, a 17-year-old male victim was walking outside when he was approached by the three individuals.   One of the three discharged a firearm in the direction of the victim, hitting him multiple times. The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the back, EMS responded and transported him to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi in critical


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UPDATE Allerton: 40-Year-Old Man Dies Following Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  A 40-year-old man has died following a shooting in the Allerton section of the Bronx.   Police reported that on Wednesday, Dec. 22, at approximately 11.17 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding shots fired in front of 2309 Holland Avenue in Allerton, in the 49th precinct.   Upon arrival, officers observed a 40-year-old man lying on the ground, unconscious and unresponsive, with a gunshot wound to the chest. EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced deceased. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.  


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Bronx Man Charged in Marble Hill Shooting that Wounded Woman Pushing Toddler in Stroller

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14, that a Bronx man has been charged with attempted murder and additional offenses for a shooting that wounded a woman as she pushed her two-year-old daughter in a stroller in the Marble Hill neighborhood. Clark said, “The defendant acted recklessly with indifference to life when he fired a gun on a Bronx street. The bullet did not strike his target; instead it struck a woman who was pushing her two-year-old daughter in a stroller.” She added, “No person, let alone a mother and her child, should have to fear


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Bronx Man Sentenced to 22 Years to Life in Prison for Fatal Multiple Shooting in 2018

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Dec. 8, that a 32-year-old man has been convicted and sentenced to 22 years to life in prison, after a jury found him guilty of murder for shooting a man multiple times on a Bronx street in 2018. He was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon.   Clark said the defendant, Akeem Samuel, 32, whose last known address was 2280 Andrews Avenue in the University Heights section of the Bronx, was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 7, to 22 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder charge, along


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UPDATE Fordham Manor: Arrest Made following Fatal Daylight Shooting of 62-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
  Video courtesy of the Citizen’s App. Police confirm having arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with the fatal, daylight shooting of a 62-year-old man in Fordham Manor last December.   As previously reported, the NYPD confirmed a 62-year-old man died following the afternoon incident which took place on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. at Aqueduct Avenue and West Fordham Road, in Fordham Manor.   Upon arrival, police discovered the male victim had been shot in the head. He was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.   The victim was later identified as Robert Brown,


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Belmont: Search for Gunman Who Shot 17-Year-Old in Leg

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individual seen in the attached video and photo who is sought for questioning in connection with a shooting that occurred in Belmont, located in the 48th precinct.   On Monday, Nov. 8, at approximately 2.40 p.m., a 17-year-old male victim was crossing the street at the corner of Bathgate Avenue and East Fordham Road in Belmont, when an unidentified individual who was inside a blue Dodge Durango, shot at the victim once, hitting him in the left leg, further to a verbal dispute.     The suspect then fled eastbound on


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Williamsbridge: Police Ask for Public’s Help with Investigation into Fatal Shooting of 18-Year-Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Police appealed to the public for help on Wednesday, Dec. 1, with their investigation into what transpired to be the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old male victim, and the non-fatal shooting of three other people in Williamsbridge, in November.   As reported, on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 5.05 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding an assault (non-fatal shooting) at 815 Burke Avenue in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx, located in the 47th precinct.   Upon arrival, officers discovered an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head, a 59-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to


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Belmont: 23-Year-Old Man Arrested following Shooting of Two Cops on Thanksgiving Eve

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Police confirmed on Saturday, Nov. 27, that pursuant to an ongoing investigation, a 23-year-old individual was arrested and charged the same day at 1 a.m. in the 48th precinct for the shooting of two police officers in the Belmont section of the Bronx on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, Nov. 24.   Charlie Vasquez, 23, of Clay Street in Brooklyn, was charged with  two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault, two counts of criminal use of a firearm, two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm, two counts of reckless endangerment and two counts of menacing.   Mayor


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Fordham Manor: 25-Year-Old Man Arrested following Dispute & Shooting

By DAVID GREENE
A 25-year-old man has been arrested following a shooting in Fordham Manor.   On Tuesday, Nov. 2, at approximately 9.09 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding two men who had been shot in the vicinity of East 194th Street and Marion Avenue in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx, located in the 52nd precinct.   Upon arrival, officers observed two men with sustained gunshot wounds: a 25-year-old who was shot in the right leg and a 28-year-old who was shot in the right hand. The incident arose following a dispute which broke out at the location. A


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