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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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NYPD Re-Releases Homicide Video of Gunman Firing into Parked Car

A gunman opened fire into a parked car on Beach Avenue in 2020. Cops are hoping new information can help them crack this cold case.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 11, 2022 


BRONX - Investigators have re-released video from a fatal shooting in a two-year-old cold case in the Bronx in the hopes new tipsters will come forward. 





The NYPD released the video which shows a gunman firing point blank into a parked car on Beach Avenue in 2020. Anthony Martin, 27, was gunned down in the car.





At around 8 pm on August 15, 2020, Martin was sitting inside a sedan parked int front of 710 Beach Avenue in Soundview. Video from a nearby apartment building shows a man in a white T-shirt walking on the sidewalk. 


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When he gets to the car Martin was sitting in, the man pulls a gun out of his waistband and repeatedly fires into the car, striking Martin in the chest. The gunman then fled on foot.



Cops a say man jumped into the car and drove until he flagged down a police officer.  



Martin was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center but he was pronounced dead.





 

Anyone with information should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls remain confidential.

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