Norwood: Gunpoint Robbery & Assault

By SÍLE MOLONEY

It was reported to police that on Saturday, Oct. 16, at approximately 3.55 a.m., at the northeast corner of Webster Avenue and East 204th Street, a 22-year-old male victim was walking when three unknown individuals approached him. One displayed a black firearm and robbed the victim, at gunpoint, pistol-whipping him about the face as he did so, and forcibly removing a chain from the victim’s neck, before fleeing in an unknown direction. The victim called the police and gave a detailed description of the three individuals. Responding officers conducted a search of the area and apprehended two

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying the individuals seen in the attached video who are sought for questioning, following a shooting which injured three, one fatally, in Williamsbridge. On Sunday, Oct. 31, at approximately 00.50 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a man who was shot at Colden Avenue and Adee Avenue, in Williamsbridge, located in the 49th precinct. Upon arrival in front of 951 Adee Aevneue, police observed three victims with gunshot wounds. The first victim was a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head. The second was

By DAVID GREENE

A car wash employee in the Van Nest neighborhood was hospitalized with a gun shot wound to the leg after a customer got into a verbal dispute with the employee, pulled a gun and shot the worker. Police officials say the shooting took place inside the B&G hand carwash, located at 1243 East Tremont Avenue at Van Nest Avenue, just after 2 p.m., on Sunday, Oct. 17. The NYPD is now asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual seen in the attached video and photograph who is wanted for questioning in connection to the assault. Police

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

The live music was loud, the food was delicious, and the children couldn’t get enough cotton candy. The 20th Annual Fall Festival, organized by the Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District (BID), was back in full force on Saturday, Oct. 23. Jerome Avenue was closed for six hours from Gun Hill Road to East 208th Street in the Norwood section of the Bronx to accommodate the vendors, volunteers, and community groups. Most of the tents set up at the festival were selling some type of goods or food, but not all. Brandon Montes, 30, is the founder

By ROBERT C. KOEHLER

Several million dollars’ worth of fiction exploded a few week ago, leaving cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, 42, a wife and mom, dead, and plunging actor, Alec Baldwin, who accidentally shot her, into a state of unimaginable hell. This happened on Oct. 21, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the set of the movie Rust. Despite the enormity of coverage the incident has gotten, I remain bewitched with incredulity over one unanswered question. Baldwin, the star and one of the producers of the movie, a western, was practicing his gun draw, using a prop gun he’d been given — except the gun

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance locating two unidentified men seen in the attached video who are sought for questioning in connection with a robbery that occurred in Wakefield, located in the 47th precinct. On Sunday, Oct. 24, at 00.20 a.m., the victim, a 36-year-old man, was standing in the lobby of his building, located in the vicinity of Lowerre Place and East 226th Street, when two unidentified men approached and forced their way into the lobby. Once inside, the men punched and kicked the victim about his head and body, and then removed his wallet

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A murder investigation has opened following the shooting of a 39-year-old man in West Farms. On Friday, Nov. 5, at approximately 1.44 a.m, police responded to a 911 call regarding an aided, unconscious man inside 1290 Rodman Place, in the 48th precinct. Upon arrival, officers observed a 39-year-old man, unconscious and unresponsive, lying on the second floor hallway, with gunshot wounds to the torso. EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing. The identity of the deceased is

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Thursday, Nov. 4, that a Rikers Island inmate has been charged with second-degree assault and additional charges for attacking an NYC Department of Correction (DOC) officer, in the jail. Clark said, “The defendant allegedly held a makeshift weapon to a DOC officer’s neck. Thankfully other officers intervened, and the victim was not seriously injured.” She continued, “With our partners at the Department of Correction, we are doing all we can to stop the relentless violence in Rikers Island, and end these attacks against DOC staff who are simply doing their jobs.”

By DAVID GREENE

Over 300 people pre-registered and participated in the ‘5-K Run/Walk/Roll to End Domestic Violence’ sponsored by the Bronx District Attorney, Darcel D. Clark, on Saturday, Oct. 16. The event took place along the Grand Concourse, from East 170th Street in Mt Eden to East 161st Street in the Concourse to coincide with Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Month. The fourth, annual, in-person event to take place in the borough in the last five years shut down the Grand Concourse to vehicular traffic, and was held in partnership with the New York Yankees and the State University of New York (SUNY).