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Quiet Acknowledgment is Powerful: Rethinking Suicide Prevention for Older Adults By Dr. Tyshawn J. Thompson, Clinical Psychologist, Montefiore-Einstein Psychiatry Associates  Bronx Voice  August 21, 2025 NEW YORK - Despite continued awareness and prevention efforts, suicide remains a leading cause of death in the U.S. Many conversations about suicide risk focus on youth and middle-aged populations, while older adults tend to go unnoticed - but they are an important group to consider.  Sadly, death by suicide is highest for men older than 75 years . Older adults can face many factors that increase their risk for suicidal thoughts and actions including: feelings of loneliness, social isolation, grief, family discord, new cognitive and physical deficits, financial strain, and institutionalization.  Recently, I had a conversation with a close family member who shared feelings of anxiety and a fear of losin...
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2 More Teens Busted in Fatal Pelham Bay Stabbing

 
Police arrested four teens in the fatal stabbing of Prince McMichael in Pelham Bay.

 



By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 27, 2022 


BRONX - Two more suspects have been arrested in the vicious stabbing of a man at the Pelham Bay station. Police say they have all four suspects who fatally stabbed Prince McMichael across from Pelham Bay Park.  




Cops arrested Andrew Tarafa, 18, and Nashid Monrose, 18, in the September 16th stabbing of 27-year-old Prince McMichael. Tarafa and Monrose were charged with manslaughter and two counts of gang assault.




Last week cops arrested Angel Rivera, 19, and another unidentified 16-year-old male in the brutal stabbing across from Pelham Bay Park. Rivera was charged with murder, manslaughter, three counts of assault and two counts of gang assault. The unidentified minor was charged with manslaughter and two counts of gang assault. 


Police released the photos of four teens wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of McMichael from Co-op City who was repeatedly stabbed outside a building at of Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue. 




Cops say the victim had gotten into an arguement with the suspects in front of the building at the Pelham Bay station. The group then repeatedly stabbed him. McMichael was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of the four suspects taken from inside an MTA bus.


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