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UPDATE East Bronx: Shooting Outside Speaker Carl Heastie’s Office

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A shooting outside the constituency office of NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in the East Bronx, south of Baychester, at East Gun Hill Road and Fenton Avenue has left one person in in critical condition, police said.   According to an NYPD spokesperson, police said one person was shot in the head at the location on Monday, April 17, around 3 p.m. and is in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital. There is no suspect description available at this time they said. No further description was available on the victim yet either police said.   The NYPD later cordoned off the


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Bronx Street, Bridge Closures and General Transportation Updates as of April 16 through 2026

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), the MTA, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), New York City Department of Design & Construction (DDC), the NYPD, and other government agencies and private entities have shared the following street and bridge closures and transportation updates for The Bronx through 2026, as of Sunday, April 16.   Eastern Boulevard Bridge Single-lane northbound traffic will be closed Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 10 p.m. to 6.30 a.m. the next morning through April 28. Double-lane traffic will be closed Monday to Sunday from 1 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. through April


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Fordham Manor: Search for 17-Year-old Missing Girl

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating a 17-year-old girl reported missing from Fordham Manor. Police said Silvia Morales was last seen on Friday, April 14, at around 3 p.m. inside her home at 2609 Briggs Avenue. She is described as female, has a medium complexion, is around 5 feet, 9 inches in height, weighs 140 pounds, has brown eyes, and black hair.   Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the


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Norwood: Police Respond to Shots Fired Apparently inside East Gun Hill Road Building

By SÍLE MOLONEY
An afternoon shooting inside a residential building on East Gun Hill Road in Norwood resulted in no injuries police said.   In response to an inquiry from Norwood News on Sunday afternoon, April 16, following sight of police and detective presence at 234 East Gun Hill Road at around 3.30 / 4 p.m., a police spokesperson said, “Confirmed shots fired. No injuries. Property damage only.” Norwood News had earlier interviewed some residents of the building and also a few local businesses in the area but nobody had any further information about what happened and had not heard any shots or


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Three Sought for Armed Robbery at Mosholu Parkway Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying three people wanted in connection to a robbery and assault that occurred at Mosholu Parkway subway station on the border of Jerome Park and Norwood.    Police said that on Friday, April 14, at around 4.55 a.m., a 52-year-old male victim was walking up the staircase into the Mosholu Parkway subway station, serving the 4 line, located at Jerome Avenue and Mosholu Parkway South, when three unidentified individuals who were unknown to him approached him.   They said the first placed the victim into a headlock and displayed a box cutter. The


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UPDATE University Heights: Fire in Garbage Truck Caused by Lithium-Ion Battery

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
A fire broke out in a garbage truck at Grand Avenue and North Street in University Heights on Saturday morning, April 15, 2023. Video courtesy of Lois Chadwick A fire broke out in a garbage truck in University Heights on Saturday morning, FDNY officials said. The fire department was alerted to the incident at Grand Avenue and North Street at 8.45 a.m., an FDNY spokesperson said.   The fire was caused by a lithium-ion battery inside the garbage truck, the spokesperson said.   The fire, categorized as a hazmat incident, was extinguished and handled by units on scene and that there


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UPDATE Norwood: Murder Inquiry Opens following Fatal Shooting at Woodlawn Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
A 45-year-old man has died following a fatal shooting (murder) in Norwood police said. The victim was later named by police as Devon Millington from the Wakefield section of The Bronx, who had previously served reduced time in prison on murder and drug-related charges.   Police said the incident occurred on Saturday April 15, at 5.47 a.m. in the vicinity of Woodlawn station, which is the last stop on the 4 subway line in The Bronx.   The previous morning, as reported, a 52-year-old man had been robbed and assaulted at Mosholu Parkway subway station, one stop before Woodlawn on


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UPDATE Mount Hope: Drivers Illegally Place Cone Over Fire Hydrant to Secure Parking Causing Fire Safety Hazard

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Despite repeated reminders by the FDNY not to block critical access to fire hydrants which are needed to access water supply in the event of a fire, at least one driver has resorted to a new low all in a seemingly selfish move to covertly secure a parking space. A resident of the Mount Hope section of The Bronx shared photos with Norwood News which she took of a fire hydrant covered with a traffic cone, an act which has the potential to cause major disruption to firefighters in the event of a fire in the area, not only because


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UPDATE University Heights: Two Arrested in Early Morning Shooting of Two Youths

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Police said two people have been arrested in the case of the non-fatal shooting of two teenagers in University Heights in April. The NYPD had been asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photo who, they said, were sought for questioning in connection to the incident.   Police said that on Friday, April 14, at around 2 a.m. in the vicinity of 1950 Andrews Avenue, three people fired several gunshots from a gray Hyundai Sonata, striking the two 18-year-old male victims.   “One victim sustained a gunshot wound to the back. The other victim


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