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  With weeks left before local boards recommend gaming sites to the state, neighbors of Ferry Point Park and Citi Field lined up to make competing cases for construction jobs and against gambling. This article originally appeared in The City. By Haidee Chu and Jonathan Custodio Bronx Voice September 11, 2025 BRONX - Community members, business owners and union representatives exchanged heated arguments for and against two controversial casino projects at public hearings in Queens and The Bronx Tuesday evening — taking their last swings at influencing local community advisory committees that will decide in less than three weeks whether casino bids in their neighborhoods advance toward potential state approval. At a nonprofit community center in Throggs Neck in The Bronx, 88 speakers signed up to share their thoughts about a $4 billion plan by Ba...
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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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Location: 762 E 219th St, The Bronx, NY 10467, USA

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