Detectives exit 3145 Rochambeau Avenue after a triple stabbing led to the deaths of two people on, August 25, 2023. -Photo courtesy of Citizens App
By David Greene
Bronx Voice
August 28, 2023
BRONX - Crime scene investigators and detectives have been busy recently as at least seven people are dead after a series of violent, unrelated incidents across the borough. Unofficially, police have made two arrests in these open investigations.
At 4:05 a.m. on August 20, police were called to Boynton Avenue and Watson Avenue in Soundview, where cops discovered a male victim with a gunshot wound to the torso. The victim was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
The victim was later identified by police as Joshtiers Mora, 22, of Ward Avenue. Police have no suspects, and the case remains ongoing.
At 11:33 p.m. on August 20, police were called to 422 East 178 Street, where they discovered a female victim outside of the location with a gunshot wound to the face.
The victim was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital where she died.
The victim was later identified by the police as Lashawn Andrews, 24, of Park Avenue. On August 24, police arrested Latrisha Lowman, 41, of Park Avenue. Lowman was charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a loaded firearm.
A man and a woman are dead, and a second woman remains hospitalized after a grizzly stabbing incident reported at 10:19 p.m. on August 25, at 3145 Rochambeau Avenue in Norwood. According to police a still-unidentified 29-year-old female was discovered with a stab wound to the chest and a 33-year-old woman was slashed on her hand. The 29-year-old female later died.
As both women were being transported to St. Barnabas Hospital, officers discovered a 45-year-old male inside an apartment with multiple stab wounds to his torso. The man was also pronounced deceased.
Police have not yet released the identities of the victims. A ranking police official has stated that a suspect in this case was apprehended hours after the incident.
A minor fender-bender on the Cross Bronx Expressway turned deadly at just before 11 p.m. on August 25, when police discovered a 40-year-old male victim shot.
One police official stated, "The occupants of the second vehicle initially fled the location on foot. One of the male occupants returned a short time later, thereafter, in a grey Toyota Rav 4, along with another male. A dispute ensued that escalated to the 40-year-old male being shot."
A short time later police located the vehicle, and they continue to hunt for the two assailants.
The victim was later identified as 40-year-old Fausto Rodriguez of nearby Macombs Road.
At 11:35 a.m. on August 26, officers from the 40th Precinct were called to East 149 Street and Bergen Avenue, where a man was discovered with multiple stab wounds.
The victim was transported to Lincoln Hospital where he died. The victim was later identified as Jyleal Conner, 36, of Exterior Street.
Police would later release several photos and a video of the two suspects both wearing New York Yankee baseball caps.
Lastly, a wellness check performed by officers in the 49th Precinct at 3:51 p.m. on August 26, led to the discovery of a deceased woman inside an apartment at the Parkside Houses located at 660 Arnow Avenue in the Allerton section.
Police say a 45-year-old female was discovered with "numerous gunshot wounds to the torso" and was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was later identified as Cindy Maxwell, 45.
The following day police announced that two children bearing the same last name as the Arnow Avenue victim had gone missing since August 23. Police reported that the children were located “safe” the same day. The NYPD has so far declined to respond to questions about the children's connection to the victim or the crime.
Anyone with any information on any of these incidents is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1 (800) 577-TIPS, all calls remain confidential.
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