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Bronx Local News: Thief Target(ed) Worker who Tried to Stop Him - Displayed Knife

S hoplifter Threatened Bronx Target Worker with a Knife  By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  November 25, 2025  BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A shoplifter threatened a worker at a Bronx Target with a knife when the employee tried to stop the thief from walking out of the store with a shopping cart full of stolen items, cops said .  The NYPD released new surveillance video of the suspect. In the video the suspect is seen going aisle to aisle loading up his shopping cart, which cops say, he did not pay for any of the items.  At around 1 pm on November 12, the suspect entered the Target store inside the Bronx Terminal Market. According to investigators, the portly man walked through the store and filled up his shopping cart. When he attempted to leave the store without paying, a 40-year-old employee tried to stop him.  Cops said the shoplifter pulled out a knife and threatened the worker. The thief then ran off.  The suspect is described as a male with a me...
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Man Gunned Down in Van Nest

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By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

December 27, 2022


BRONX - Cops are searching for the shooter who gunned down a man in Van Nest last night. 


At around 9 pm on December 26, officers from the 49th Precinct discovered a 29-year-old man found on the corner of Van Nest Avenue and Melville Street. The victim had been shot in the chest. 




EMS rushed the victim to Jacobi Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. 




No arrests have been made and the only description of the shooter is that he was wearing a red bandana at the time. 




Little has been given in terms of motive for the murder. However, the NY Post reports the victim, whose name has not been revealed, was shot during a drug-related shooting in 2019.


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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Location: Van Nest Ave & Melville St, The Bronx, NY 10460, USA

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