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Bodega Owner Facing Charges After Shooting Gunman with ‘Found’ Weapon Founder and spokesman for the United Bodegas of America Fernando Mateo (Center) is calling on the Bronx District Attorney to drop all charges against bodega owner Jhony Gomez during a rally on Elton Avenue. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  December 17, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - A Bronx bodega owner is facing illegal weapons charges after he claimed to have found a stashed handgun in his public bathroom and used it against two alleged stickup men before he could turn it in to police. According to the United Bodegas of America (UBA), Jhony Gomez, the owner of Mi Gerizin Market at 777 Elton Avenue was behind the counter on Thanksgiving morning, November 28, when two masked men entered the store demanding cash. UBA claims Gomez was defending customers inside his store and himself when he f...
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Man Shot to Death Across from Spellman High School


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By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 9, 2022 


BRONX - Police are investigating the shooting death of a man inside a housing development across from Cardinal Spellman High School. 


At around 8 pm on December 8, police officers stationed with PSA #8 in nearby Edenwald Houses, responded to a call of gunfire. In the third floor hallway of 1851 Schieffelin Place cops found a body. 




A 41-year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest. EMS rushed the victim to Jacobi Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. 




The victim’s name has not been released pending family notification.


No arrests have been made at this time and information is scarce as police begin their investigation. 





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: 1851 Schieffelin Pl, The Bronx, NY 10466, USA

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