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Gunmen Steal Driver’s Cab The NYPD are looking for three men who carjacked a cabbie in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice April 27, 2024 BRONX - Cops are looking for a trio of robbers who stuck up a cab driver at gunpoint in the Bronx. At around 2:30 am on March 29, a 40-year-old cabbie picked up a fare of three passengers in the vicinity of University Avenue and West Tremont Avenue.  Cops said as the trio entered the cab, one of the group pulled out a handgun. One of the other suspects removed the driver’s cash and cellphone. The gunman ordered the driver out of the cab. The robbers then drove away in the stolen car.  The NYPD released video taken from inside the cab. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to 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.

Moped Drive-By Shooting Leaves 1 Man Dead in Bronx


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

November 15, 2022 


BRONX - A moped riding gunman opened fire near St. Mary’s Park leaving one man dead and another wounded, police said. 


At around 6:15 pm on November 13, a man on a moped drove down East 149th Street near St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven. When he reached the corner of Jackson Avenue he opened fire on two 21-year-old males standing outside the park. One of the victims suffered a graze wound to the lower lip. The other victim was not so lucky. 


Cops say 21-year-old Jayden Goodridge suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen. EMS rushed Goodridge to Lincoln Hospital but he died there the next day. 




Cops say after shooting the two men, the gunmen drove off on the moped. No description of the gunman has been provided.



A motive for the shooting or a connection to the gunman was not provided by investigators. 




Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to 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 are strictly confidential.

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