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Police set up a crime scene after a bullet crashed through the window of Metro by T-Mobile at Morris Park Avenue and Hunt Avenue at 2 p.m. on November 7. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  November 21, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - Police are currently looking for an assailant who fired a gunshot at another unknown individual along busy Morris Park Avenue. The bullet smashed through the front door of a phone store, thankfully no one was injured. Police officials say the incident was reported at 2 p.m. on November 7, outside of the Green Olive Deli, located at 716 Morris Park Avenue, at the corner of Hunt Avenue. Officials say the unknown gunman fired a single shot at a second individual and missed. The bullet flew across the street and through the front door of Metro by T-Mobile, at 723 Morris Park Avenue. Both the gunman and victim fled the scene on foot. No description of the gunman was

Beaten for Cell Phone in Parkchester


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

January 4, 2022


BRONX - A flaming red-haired mugger beat a retiree for his cell phone as he pushed his way into the man’s Parkchester apartment, police said. 


At around 8 am on December 11, a 64-year-old man was entering his apartment inside his building on Hawthorne Drive and Metropolitan Avenue. As he opened the door, a man ran up behind him and pushed him inside the apartment. The attacker repeatedly punched him in the face and then removed his LG cell phone. 




Police released surveillance video of the suspect from inside the elevator as the man fled the building. The bright-red haired suspect is seen entering the elevator with a cell phone in hand. 




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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