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String of Violence in Norwood, Fordham-Bedford
The return of the warm weather has also come with heated tempers as evidenced by three violent incidents reported over a four-day period in the Norwood and Fordham-Bedford communities.
The three unidentified victims were wounded in separate, apparently unrelated, incidents across the 52nd Precinct patrol area.
The outbreak of violence included two shootings and one stabbing.
In the first incident, police were called to 3200 Perry Ave. at East 206th Street, at 11:49 p.m., on Wednesday, April 3, when officers discovered a male victim who had been shot in the neck and back.
The wounded man was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, where he is expected to survive, but remains paralyzed from the waist down, according to 52nd Precinct Commander Inspector Joseph Dowling.
Dowling wouldn’t go into details about the investigation because it remains ongoing, but did say that it appeared to be marijuana related.
Investigators were looking for a group of black males between the ages of 18 and 24 years old who were observed running from the scene.
One suspect was described as 5-feet-6-inches tall and wearing a gray hooded jacket under a green bubble jacket. One police source stated the jacket had the logo of the Seattle Seahawks on the back of it.
A second suspect was described as being 5-feet-9-inches tall, wearing a gray hooded jacket and a Chicago White Sox baseball cap.
The group reportedly fled on foot across East 206 Street and south on Bainbridge Avenue.
On Friday, April 5, police were called to Risse Park, located at Jerome Avenue and West Mosholu Parkway South after a man was reported stabbed inside the park. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital and is expected to survive.
Another man was wounded when gunfire erupted at the corner of Bainbridge Avenue and East 196th Street, at 5:30 p.m., on April 7. The victim was transported to a local hospital and he, too, was expected to survive.
Police have yet to announce any arrests in any of the incidents.
–David Greene
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It distresses me greatly to read about these crimes in a community I called “home” when I was pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church on 206th St. I have been gone for just over a month and am reminded of the daily struggles of good people to enjoy their own neighborhood. Make no mistake, as a former criminal investigator with 25 years of police experience, a pattern emerges. I am also reminded that a member of Epiphany was murdered several years ago, Billy “Peanut” Murphy and the case to my knowledge is still unresolved. Reports of organized gang activity in and around 206th Street is well known to the residents. As the warm weather approaches, mothers cannot have their children play in the streets for fear of shootings, stabbings and narcotic traffic. But the police cannot do the job by themselves, concerned citizens must speak up and say something to law enforcement authorities. NYC is aggressive when it comes to parking enforcement in Norwood, just ask any of us who has received a summons. Yet “foot beats” are nowhere to be seen. The 52 PCT is greatly understaffed and the patrol cars go from one report to another, leaving precious little time for “community policing”. In spite of this peak in violence, the Norwood community which I came to love over the past five plus years will not and must not surrender to thugs who would steal the community away from “us”. Be assured of my continued prayers and whatever support I may be now or in the future. I would also remind the readers that a family connected to a faith community is one which is more stable and nurturing to its children.
Be blessed….see you again, on Saturday, May 16th as Epiphany begins another chapter in her life and joins with Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in active Christian witness and service to the Norwood community.
Respectfully,
Pastor Bob Rainis+