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Police officers stand at attention and salute as the body of Detective Didarul Islam is carried through the streets of Parkchester on July 31. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene Bronx Voice August 1, 2025 BRONX - Thousands of police officers from across the metropolitan area and beyond gathered at the Parkchester Jame Masjid on Virginia Avenue to pay their respects and say goodbye to fallen police officer Didarul Islam, 36. Islam was one of four people killed by ‘active shooter’ Shane Tamura, who walked into a midtown office building with an assault rifle on July 28. The gunman later fatally turned the gun on himself. On July 31, officers flooded the surrounding streets as several roadblocks were set up in the area with Sanitation trucks blocking several intersections. Public officials in attendance included Governor ...

Arrest in Fatal Shooting of 62-Year-Old Bronx Man

Russell Scott Wells - Photo by Gun Violence Memorial


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

January 17, 2023


BRONX - Cops say they have arrested the man who shot a 62-year-old in the head on a residential Bronx street. 


Police arrested Baroney Lewis, 45, and charged him with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.  


At around 5 am on October 22, police were notified of shots fired by the ShotSpotter system. Responding officers arrived at 762 East 219th Street where they found 62-year-old Russell Scott Wells with a gunshot wound to the head. 


EMS raced Wells to Jacobi Medical Center where he was subsequently pronounced dead. 


Investigators did not reveal the motive for the shooting or the connection between the suspect and the victim. 

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