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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

Arrests Made in Fatal Drive-By Shooting in Fordham

Police have made two arrests in the fatal Fordham shooting in which a gunman opened fired on a busy street. -Surveillance video


Names of Victim and Suspect Released 


Cops Not Providing Motive for Fatal Shooting


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

July 6, 2023


BRONX - Police have made arrests in the fatal post Fourth of July shooting in Fordham in which a gunman opened fire on a crowded street from a car.



 

Police have arrested 19-year-old Ariel Velasquez and 28-year-old Ramon Santos. Both have been charged with murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, attempted manslaughter and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. 




Police have also released the name of the victim. He has been identified as 18-year-old Moise  Figueroa who lived near Yankee Stadium. 






At around 2:20 am on July 5, a group of teens was walking down Morris Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx. Surveillance video shows a white SUV pulls up alongside the group. A man gets out of the passenger seat, pulls out a gun and unleashes a barrage of bullets.




The video shows bystanders scattering once gunfire rings out.


The victim, Figueroa, who was with the targeted group suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and a 19-year-old man was shot in the hip.



Both men were rushed to nearby Saint Barnabas Hospital. Figueroa was pronounced dead. The 19 year old is listed in stable condition.


 

Police recovered a white vehicle that crashed a short distance from the shooting. The vehicle had been traveling at a high rate of speed and crashed into a median.


Published reports claim that the accident was linked to the shooting. However, police would not confirm whether the crash was linked to the Fordham shooting.





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