UPDATE Fordham Heights/Mt Hope: Two Large Fires reported on Valentine Avenue on Dec. 3, No Injuries Reported

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Firefighters respond to a fire at 2179 Valentine Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Video courtesy of the Citizens’ App. The FDNY said two fires broke out on Valentine Avenue in The Bronx over the weekend, both on the same day but hours apart. The FDNY responded to a call regarding a blaze on the 5th floor of a 16-story, residential multiple dwelling, located at 2000 Valentine Avenue in Mt. Hope at 10.57 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3. FDNY officials said 25 units comprising 78 firefighters and EMS personnel responded

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A 29-year-old was stabbed in Bedford Park over the weekend, police said. He remains in stable condition. On Saturday, Dec. 3, at around 2.25 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding an assault in the vicinity of Valentine Avenue and East 198th Street. Upon arrival officers were informed an unidentified person entered a home and stabbed a 29-year-old man after a physical altercation. “The subject fled the location to parts unknown,” police said. “EMS transported the victim St. Barnabas Medical Center in stable condition. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing,” police added. As

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The NYPD said a group of people displayed guns in the midst of “commotion,” classified as a reckless endangerment incident in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx. On Saturday, Dec. 3, at around 5.50 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding the incident in in the vicinity of Grand Concourse and East 199th Street. “Upon arrival, officers were informed there was a commotion with a group of individuals, and three individuals displayed firearms,” a police spokesperson said. “There are no reported injuries as a result of this incident,” the spokesperson added. There are no arrests and

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THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the two people seen in the attached video and photo who are sought for questioning in connection to the fatal shooting on Nov. 30, 2022 in Fordham Heights of 14-year-old Prince Shabazz, of East Tremont in Mt. Hope. Video courtesy of the NYPD NYPD officials said they have made an arrest in the case of the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Prince Shabazz in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx in late November. Police said on Wednesday, Dec. 28, that an unnamed 17-year-old girl has been arrested in

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A 39-year old man has been hospitalized following an auto-theft and police-involved shooting in the Mt Hope section of The Bronx, police said. NYPD Chief of Department, Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, Chief John Chell, chief of patrol, and other senior officials from Patrol Borough Manhattan North, Patrol Borough Bronx and the 44th Precinct, gave a press conference in the early hours of Sunday morning, Dec. 4, to share details of the incident. Chell said, “At approximately, 11.45 p.m. this evening, we have members of the 30 precinct responding to a vehicle that was being broken into]. Call came in through 911.

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Assembly Member Patricia Fahy (A.D. 109) released a statement on Friday, Dec. 2, following news that a lawsuit has been filed, challenging a New York State law, requiring social media networks to provide and maintain mechanisms for reporting hateful conduct on their platforms and to disclose how they respond to such reports. State law, A.7583-A, which took effect Friday, Dec. 3, was sponsored last year by Fahy, who represents parts of upstate New York, including Albany, and State Sen. Anna Kaplan (A.D. 7), who represents parts of Nassau County. The law was part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s gun reform package,

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The NYPD released video footage and a photo of a suspect sought in connection to the shooting that occurred in the Allerton section of The Bronx on Nov. 22, 2022, during which a gas station employee was shot in the head at close range. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD and the Philadelphia Police Department are asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought in connection to an attempted murder of a Philadelphia parking authority officer. They also believe the same person may be responsible for another recent, non-fatal shooting in

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The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying and locating the person seen in the attached photo, who is sought for questioning in connection to a non-fatal shooting / assault that occurred in Mt. Hope. Police said that on Monday, Nov. 7, at around 9.51 a.m., in front of 105 East 175th Street in Mt. Hope, a man got out of a black Honda Pilot with New Jersey license plates and fired multiple times at a 26-year-old male victim. The gunman then fled the scene by car in an unknown direction. The victim sustained gunshot wounds to both

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The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought in connection to a groping / sexual assault incident that occurred in Morris Heights. Police said that on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at around 7.50 a.m., the victim, a 15-year-old girl, was on a Westchester BX19 bus in the vicinity of the intersection of Tremont Avenue and University Avenue when an unidentified man allegedly, forcibly grabbed her buttocks. He then exited the bus and fled on foot in an unknown direction. “There were no [physical] injuries reported as a result of

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