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Cabbie Carjacked in the Bronx

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.

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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