Pelham Parkway: Medical Examiner Rules August Death of Two People a Murder-Suicide

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The City’s medical examiner has ruled the death of two people on Aug. 6 in the Pelham Parkway section of The Bronx as a murder-suicide. On Saturday, Aug. 6, at around 9.10 a.m., police from the 49th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding an aided individual in front of 720 Pelham Parkway South. “Upon arrival, officers discovered two aided, unconscious individuals at the rear of 2199 Cruger Avenue,” a police spokesperson said. “Officers observed a 35-year-old male and a 28-year-old female, unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicative of a fall from an elevated position,” the spokesperson added.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A GoFundMe page has been set-up to help support the family of a beloved gas station employee who police said was shot in the head at close range while at work in the Allerton section of The Bronx on Tuesday evening, Nov. 22. A police spokesperson said an unidentified man, wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt and mask approached [inaudible] gas station, located at Astor Avenue and Boston Road at 7.07 p.m. and knocked on the door. “When the 49-year-old male employee opened the door, the individual displayed a gun and fires it, striking the male in the

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Bronx man, Lamar Williams, 31, was charged on Thursday, Nov. 17, with racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, and murder with a firearm, in relation to the murder of Rasheed Barton on August 11, 2013, in the Soundview section of The Bronx. The news was announced on Thursday by Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and New York police commissioner, Keechant L. Sewell, with the unsealing of the indictment. Williams was arrested on the same day and presented before magistrate judge, Jennifer E. Willis. The case is assigned to U.S. district judge, Naomi

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Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents El Parrandón de la Gran Manzana on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 8 p.m. The show features Víctor Roque, Henry Hierro, Pablo Martinez, Willie Gomez, Victor Brito, Tony Valdez, with special guests, Grupo d’Ahora, and the great salsa showman and Lehman Center favorite, José Alberto aka “El Canario.” This historic reunion of the original members of La Gran Manzana will be a one-of-a kind concert at Lehman Center, a celebration welcoming in the Christmas season. The merengue band, La Grand Manzana, was founded in 1982 by members Victor Roque and Henry Hierro.

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Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Tuesday, Nov. 21, that Yonkers resident, Joseph Tejera, 19, was charged in connection with the October 2022 shooting of a 15-year-old in the City of Yonkers. Tejera is being held without bail. Tejera was arraigned before Judge Anne Minihan in Westchester County Court on Nov. 22 and charged by a Westchester County grand jury with attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, all violent felonies. On Oct. 26, at around

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Building applications have have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 6-story residential building at 2274 Morris Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Located between East 182nd Street and East 183rd Street, the lot is two blocks from the 183rd Street subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Moses Ostreicher under the 2274 Morris Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. The proposed 67-foot-tall development will yield 7,667 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 20 residential units with an average unit

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THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help locating the five people seen in the attached photos and video who are sought in connection to a gunpoint robbery that occurred in the Laconia section of The Bronx, just west of Williamsbridge on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2022. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the five people seen in the attached photos and video who are sought in connection to a gunpoint robbery that occurred in the Laconia section of The Bronx, just west of Williamsbridge. Officers from the 47th Precinct said

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Four-time, Grammy award-winning, and internationally acclaimed, world music sensation, the Soweto Gospel Choir, will perform at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. Direct from South Africa, the Soweto Gospel Choir returns to Lehman Center with an all-new concert, entitled “Hope: It’s Been A Long Time Coming,” commemorating the freedom movement in South Africa and the civil rights movement in the United States. The Soweto Gospel Choir will perform a series of South African freedom songs, along with music of the civil rights era, including selections by legendary artists, James Brown, Otis Redding,

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New York Lottery representatives announced that one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the November 20th, Take 5 evening drawing. The ticket, worth $31,150, was purchased at Fordham Lucky 7, located at 152 E 188th Street #154 in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx. Lottery officials also announced there were multiple, top-prize winning tickets sold for the November 19th, Take 5 drawing, including one sold in The Bronx. The Bronx winning ticket was sold at St. Gabriel Pharmacy, located at 18 West Burnside Avenue in Morris Heights, and was worth $6,444. Another was sold at 113 Q’Blvd News

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Pelham Parkway: Medical Examiner Rules August Death of Two People a Murder-Suicide

Allerton: GoFundMe Page Set up to Support Family of Man Shot in Head at Gas Station

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El Parrandón de la Gran Manzana to Perform at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Yonkers Teenager Charged in Shooting of 15-Year-Old

Fordham Heights: Building Applications Filed for New, 6-Story Residential Building at 2274 Morris Avenue

Laconia: Man, 63, and Man, 46, Robbed at Gunpoint

Grammy Award-Winning Soweto Gospel Choir to Perform at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

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