THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A violent Saturday in the Bronx left one man dead and another injured, according to officials. Nancy Tavarez is not celebrating Easter this Sunday. Instead, she is trying to wake up from what she calls a nightmare. Around midnight, her world turned upside down. She never heard back from her […]
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Two men shot, one fatally, on Bronx street near where boy, 2, wounded by stray bullet
2-year-old boy hit by stray shot on busy Bronx street
A 2-year-old boy was shot and wounded Saturday afternoon by a stray shot on a busy Bronx street, police said. The toddler and his mother were walking near E. Fordham Rd. and Grand Concourse in Fordham North when shots rang out around 1:44 p.m., cops said. The tot was struck once in the right buttock, […]
Fare beater on parole for murder busted entering Bronx subway with ghost gun
A man convicted of murder in Delaware was busted carrying a ghost gun and a bag full of crack when he tried to sneak into a Bronx subway station without paying, police said Friday. Jermaine Greene, 42, was trying to slip through an opened exit door into the Fordham Road station in University Heights about […]
Bronx man indicted for felony driving while impaired by drugs
Mar. 28—A Bronx man was indicted for felony driving while impaired by drugs by the Delaware County Grand Jury Thursday. According to a media release from Sheriff Craig DuMond, Davy Reyes, 42, was arrested March 24, after he was involved in an accident. Deputies were called to a possible accident on state Route 206 and […]
Woman, 46, found dead in Bronx NYCHA apartment in suspected homicide
Three men charged in murder of recently-released Bronx ex-con
Three men have been charged with the fatal shooting of a recently released Bronx ex-con who had hoped to spend his freedom with his daughter and grandchildren, cops said Sunday. Police have charged Carlos Hernandez Ortiz, 44, Julio Suarez, 54, and Jose Suarez, 42, with murder, manslaughter, gang assault and weapon possession for the March […]
70-year-old woman’s body discovered in garbage bag in Bronx apartment building
A 70-year-old woman’s body was discovered stuffed inside a garbage bag in a Bronx apartment building Thursday, police and sources said. Cops were called to the luxury building on Grand Concourse near E. 140th St. in Mott Haven just after 1:45 p.m., authorities said. When they arrived, they discovered the woman unconscious in the bag. […]
Bronx man gets life sentencing for stabbing, lighting sis’ ex-boyfriend on fire
A Bronx man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the grisly death of his sister’s ex boyfriend, who was stabbed and set on fire in 2020 just days after the couple broke up. Adones Betances was convicted last month of first-degree murder in the death of Winston Ortiz, 18, who had been […]
Drivers fight in middle of Cross Bronx Expressway
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man was squished between two vehicles during a road-rage fight in the middle of the Cross Bronx Expressway that was recorded on video last week. The fight happened on the Cross Bronx Expressway at Jesup Avenue around 9:30 a.m. on March 5, according to the NYPD. Former New York […]
Bronx fire kills 1, residence used as illegal SRO: officials
BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A fire in the Bronx killed one person Friday afternoon, according to the NYPD. Firefighters responded to a fire on 2533 Grand Avenue just after 2 p.m. Times Square closed off due to suspicious device: NYPD It is believed the fire started on the second floor of the building and spread […]
Woman found dead in Bronx may have been beaten: police
A woman found dead in a Bronx apartment may have been beaten to death, police sources said Saturday. The 38-year-old victim was found by a friend dead inside the Overlook Apartments on W. 167th St. apartment near Sedgewick Ave. in Highbridge about 10 p.m. Friday, cops said. The victim was found lying face down with […]