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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

Hate Crime Attack Near Parkchester Station


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

January 15, 2023


BRONX - A woman was viciously assaulted in a hate crime at a grocery store across from Parkchester. The suspect was last seen wearing plastic bags on his feet.


At around 11:30 am on January 13, a 25-year-old woman was inside the grocery store at 120 Hugh Grant Circle. A stranger walked up to her, spat an anti-gay remark at her and then smashed her in the mouth with a closed fist. The woman fell to the floor.


The attacker fled on foot. An investigation revealed that the suspect walked across the street and hopped on a northbound Number 6 train.


The NYPD Hate Crime task force is investigating.


The victim was treated for minor injuries by EMS at the scene.


Police released surveillance video from inside the grocery store. The suspect is a man with a dark complexion who is six feet tall and is in his 30s. He was last seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt with plastic bags around his feet, dark color pants wearing a mask.


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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