In early January of 2007, Dr. Leandro Lozado, who ran a pediatric health clinic on Kingsbridge Road, was found murdered in his Westchester County home with several bullet wounds, including two to the head.
The gruesome murder shocked the local community, which had come to love and depend on Lozado, who had opened up his health clinic on Kingsbridge Road in North Fordham to help out disadvantaged, low-income Hispanic residents.
One client, whose 3-year-old twins adored Lozado, said, “He could have opened [the clinic] anywhere, but he wanted to have his practice here where he knew people needed him.”
Another client added: “And it’s so sad, because we’re not going to get someone like him again.”
Despite his death, Lozado’s health clinic, Hispanic Pediatrics, remains open and running.
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