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UPDATE Arrest Made in Murder of 16-Year-Old Boy in Mount Hope

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police confirm they have made two arrests in the murder case of 16-year-old Ramon Gil-Medrano of Crotona Parkway who was shot in Mount Hope on July 11. Police responded to a 911 call regarding a person who had been shot at East 178th Street and Valentine Avenue in Mount Hope in the 46th precinct on Sunday, July 11, at approximately 11.36 p.m.   Upon arrival, police observed an unidentified adult man in front of 361 East 178th Street with gunshot wounds to his head and chest. EMS also responded and transported the man to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was


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UPDATE Police Make Arrest in Fatal Shooting of 13-Year-Old Jaryan Elliot in Belmont

By DAVID GREENE
  Police have made an arrest following the fatal shooting in July of 13-year-old Jaryan Elliot in Belmont.   After several days of rain, and several weeks after the lifting of COVID-19 movement restrictions, hundreds of residents had gathered at one end of Belmont to watch the final of a European soccer tournament, while at the other end of the neighborhood, another large crowd watched, in horror, the aftermath of a shooting that took the life of the Belmont teen.   According to police, and as previously reported, the shooting took place at 3:18 p.m. on Sunday, July 11, outside 743


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