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Gunmen on Scooters Open Fire: 1 Dead, 3 Injured in Bronx Shooting Spree

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New York City, NY – Gunmen on scooters opened fire on a group of men at a street corner in the Bronx, resulting in one fatality and three others injured, according to police reports on Tuesday night. The incident took place at the intersection of Mount Eden and Townsend Ave in the Bronx, where four men were gathered. Four individuals, two on each scooter, approached the group, with the rear passengers of the scooters firing …

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Twin 5-year-olds smothered to death at home

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BRONX, NY – A horrific incident took place in an apartment in the Bronx where twin siblings, aged five, were found unresponsive and declared dead. What had originally been presumed an unfortunate medical occurrence was recently declared a double homicide by the city medical examiner. The twins, George and Gianna Katanka, were found on the floor of their living room in their East 175th Street apartment on December 18th, 2023. According to a recent announcement …

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Teen shot dead during argument over social media

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BRONX, NY – A teenage football player from the Bronx tragically lost his life due to a social media feud between his girlfriend and another female. The altercation tragically escalated to fatal violence, according to the young man’s family. 17-year-old Laquai Dash, who had been excited about an upcoming trip to Spain with his senior class, was shot three times around 4:15 p.m. last Thursday. The shooting took place a block away from his school, …

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Six people shot at subway station

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BRONX, NY – A deadly shooting incident occurred at a subway station in the Bronx on Monday evening, leaving one person dead and five others injured, according to local authorities. The incident happened at the Mount Eden Avenue station around 4:30 p.m. ET, with police officers responding to multiple 911 calls. Upon arrival, the officers discovered six victims, four men and two women, with ages ranging from 14 to 71. All victims were transported to …

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Mom killed by boyfriend, two children also shot

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BRONX, NY – A shooting incident in the Bronx left a mother dead and her two children injured on Saturday morning. According to sources, police are searching for the boyfriend of the deceased woman. He has been identified as the alleged shooter in the deadly incident. Local law enforcement received an early morning call, around 5 a.m., reporting gunshots in an apartment building located at the intersection of East 203rd Street and Valentine Avenue in …

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Migrants in NYPD Raid: Gang Behind Robbery Spree Busted in The Bronx

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NEW YORK — The NYPD conducted a raid in the Bronx targeting a crew behind a citywide robbery pattern, resulting in the arrest of seven migrants, several of whom were apprehended Monday morning. The arrests were made in connection with a group responsible for a citywide pattern of cellphone robberies, with some of the stolen goods being recovered in the raid, according to the police. The robbers, known to use scooters, would steal people’s cellphones …

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Man dies after head-butting EMT in an ambulance

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BRONX, NY – Authorities are investigating the unexpected death of a 49-year-old man from the Bronx, who passed away after head-butting an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). The unusual incident happened at around 10:20 a.m. on Friday in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. Police officers were summoned to assist medics treating the man inside his apartment on Prospect Avenue. The emergency medical personnel had been called to tend to injuries the man had sustained …

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A couple and their five-year-old son stabbed to death

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BRONX, NY – A horrifying scene was discovered in a Bronx apartment early Sunday morning when police found a family of three, including a young child, stabbed to death, as confirmed by local law enforcement. Responding to a 911 call just past 6:30 a.m., police arrived at a residential building in the Mott Haven area of the Bronx, situated at 674 East 136th Street. In the first-floor hallway, they found a 38-year-old man with multiple …

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Special-needs teen killed in house fire

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BRONX, NY – A 13-year-old girl with special needs tragically lost her life in a house fire in the Bronx on Saturday, just hours before her 14th birthday. Skylar Michilin, who was wheelchair-bound, was asleep in her second-floor bedroom when the fire erupted around 4:15 p.m. in the family’s home on Boyd Avenue in the Wakefield neighborhood. Erdene Kims, a 21-year-old neighbor, recounted the horrifying scene. She and another woman were outside when they noticed …

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A toddler dies, three others hospitalized after ingesting fentanyl at a daycare

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Bronx, NY – A tragic incident unfolded at a daycare center in the Bronx, New York City, on Friday, resulting in the death of one child and the hospitalization of three others. The children are suspected to have ingested fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid, although this has not yet been officially confirmed by police. The emergency services received a distressing 911 call around 2:45 p.m. on Friday, reporting four children at the Divino Niño Daycare …

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