FURTHER UPDATE: Three Fires Reported in the Bronx on Friday, July 30

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Video of Norwood fire courtesy of Citizen FDNY called for All Hands to respond to three fires in The Bronx on Friday, July 30, according to various Twitter alerts. One fire broke out at a private home at 3231 Rochambeau Avenue in the Norwood section of the Bronx on Friday afternoon and was brought under control at 3.58 p.m., according to a tweet from the FDNY. It is unknown, at this time, if there were any injuries or what caused the fire. The incident was reported on the Citizen’s App at approximately 3.23 p.m. An FDNY alert

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Video courtesy of Citizen This is a developing story. A bus accident involving a Bee-line bus has been confirmed by police at 3660 Jerome Avenue in Norwood, close to Woodlawn subway station. It occurred at 11.05 a.m. on Thursday, July 29. Citizen App videos show emergency services at the scene. Citizen App users said that police report that there were 11 people injured, some seriously. Video courtesy of Citizen Norwood News contacted the NYPD directly and they could only confirm at this time that there were multiple injuries. They said a bus struck the elevated train pillar. The

By DAVID GREENE

Officers from the 52nd precinct were called to a Norwood building on Saturday after a woman reported being beaten by three women inside an apartment. According to police, officers responded to a 911 call at 12.50 a.m. on Saturday, July 24, after a female victim told police that during a visit to see a person at 3361 Decatur Avenue, located between East 209th Street and East Gun Hill Road in Norwood, three women punched her and pulled her hair. Officers reported that the victim had sustained multiple scratches to her body and a bloody lip. EMS responded to

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Former Trinitarios gang member, Christian Nieves, also known as “Eric Rosario,” and “White Boy,” was sentenced on Tuesday, July 27, to three years in prison in connection with his retaliation against a witness who had testified at a previous, federal murder trial by slashing the witness across the neck with a blade. The news was confirmed on Tuesday by Audrey Strauss, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. According to court documents, the evidence at trial, and statements made in court proceedings, Nieves was a member of the Trinitarios street and prison gang, described as a criminal

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating Julius Daviu, 18, of 1420 Noble Avenue in Soundview who was reported missing in the 43rd precinct. Daviu was last seen on Monday July 26, at his home at approximately 4.30 p.m. He is described as male, is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, is Hispanic, has brown eyes and black hair, and was last seen wearing a black shirt, gray shorts and black sneakers. Anyone with information with regard to 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

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Lehman College has received a $1 million allocation in city capital funding through Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr.’s office to upgrade several of its most heavily used lecture halls. The funding was authorized July 1 as part of New York City’s $98.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2022. It will cover the costs of lighting, power, heating, and ventilation system upgrades and new furniture and equipment for six lecture halls, five in Carman Hall, and one in Gillet Hall, that serve more than 1,140 students. The renovation project is currently in the design phase. “We’re grateful for

By DAVID GREENE

Police continue to search for a suspect wanted in connection with the beating of an elderly man aboard an MTA bus on May 31, 2021. According to a Twitter post by NYPD Crime Stoppers on Wednesday, July 14, the incident was initially reported on Monday, May 31 on an MTA bus at 5:30 p.m. at East Gun Hill Road and Barnes Avenue in the Olinville section of the Bronx. The Crime Stoppers post reported at the time, “The unidentified individual assaulted an 83-year-old male victim that was attempting to exit MTA bus 8621.” An accompanying video shows

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Video courtesy of Citizen Citizen App users posted a video of a dog who appears to have been locked out on a narrow window ledge of a second-story building in Norwood on July 22 at around 7.26 p.m. The location provided was Kossuth Avenue and East Mosholu Parkway North. The video showed two people on the street holding out a sheet underneath the window who appeared to be coaxing the dog to jump onto it but it appeared to be too afraid to do so. Norwood News reached out to both the FDNY and 52nd precinct to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police have opened a murder investigation following the shooting of a 38-year-old man in the head inside a car in Morrisania. On Sunday, July 25, at approximately 2.28 a.m. police responded to a call regarding a person who had been shot opposite 589 East 164th Street in Morrisania, in the 42nd precinct. Upon arrival, officers discovered that a 38-year-old man had been seated in the passenger’s seat of his friend’s Honda when an unknown man approached, and started shooting into the vehicle, striking the victim in the head. The victim was transported to Lincoln Hospital by private means