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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

Bronx Dad Stabbed to Death Outside Building

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By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

March 2, 2023


BRONX - A Bronx father of four was found stabbed in the neck outside a building in Longwood. 




At around 11:30 am on March 1, police officers from the PSA#7 arrived to find a man suffering a stab wound to the neck. The victim was rushed Lincoln Hospital where he would later die as a result of his injuries. 




Police have identified the victim as 51-year-old Derrick Hamlin, a father of four who lived on East 156th Street. 




Police have not released a description of the killer at this time. 


Investigators said Hamlin had gotten into an arguement with his killer outside a building at the John Adams Houses. The attacker stabbed Hamlin one time in the neck with an unknown object before fleeing. 





Hamlin is being remembered by neighbors as a hardworking father who was trying to give his children a better life.  


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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