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5 Teens Missing from Castle Hill Group Home

The NYPD says five female teens have gone missing from a foster home on Howe Avenue in the Castle Hill section between May 14 and June 7. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice July 1, 2025 BRONX - The NYPD is asking for the public's help in locating five female teenagers who have gone missing from a group home in Castle Hill—the teens disappeared on different days within a 24-day span. All of the teens were from a group home on Howe Avenue that is run by the non-profit Catholic Guardian Services (CGS) which is affiliated with and shares office space in the same building as the Archdiocese of New York. According to the NYPD, Jy-Lee Connor, 14, went missing after she left the group home at 7 p.m. on May 14 and has not returned. She is described as female with brown eyes, 5 foot 6’ tall and weighs 120 pounds. Jayleen Suarez, 15, was reported missing after she left the home at 7:30 a.m. on ...

Cops ID Scooter Shooters

Video - NYPD Releases Pix of Suspects in Shooting of 4 People Including 2 Kids 

Police are searching for this man as the alleged gunman in the shooting up of a Bronx park that injured two children. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

July 14, 2023 


BRONX - Cops say they have identified the shooter and scooter driver in the Bronx park shooting that left four people wounded included two children. 




Police released new video of two men wanted in connection with Tuesday’s deadly shooting inside Saint James Park near the Kingsbridge Armory.  


Cops said the suspected shooter is a male with a dark complexion, slim build, large black hair and a stud earring in his left ear. 



Police obtained the video from an elevator inside an apartment building at 108 Field Place. 





The second suspect has been identified by investigators as the driver of the moped. He is described as male with a medium complexion, medium build and black hair in braids. 


Police have identified this man as the driver of the scooter in the shooting inside a Bronx park. -Photo by NYPD


The video was taken from a surveillance camera on the corner of East 183 Street and Morris Avenue. 


At around 6 pm on July 11, two men on a motorized scooter rode up to Saint James Park in the vicinity of East 193 Street and Morris Avenue, near the Kingsbridge Armory. 




The park was filled with scores of people enjoying the summer.


The rider on the back dismounted the scooter and then opened fire, cops said.


The gunman fired numerous rounds into the crowd striking a 6-year-old boy in the calf and grazing a 3-year-old boy in the calf. A 25-year-old man was shot in the lower back and a 23-year-old was shot in the left leg.





Police are not sure at this time who was the intended target.


All the victims were rushed to Saint Barnabas Hospital and are recovering.





The video shows two men dressed in black hoodies, black clothing and face masks.


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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