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Bodega Owner Facing Charges After Shooting Gunman with ‘Found’ Weapon Founder and spokesman for the United Bodegas of America Fernando Mateo (Center) is calling on the Bronx District Attorney to drop all charges against bodega owner Jhony Gomez during a rally on Elton Avenue. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  December 17, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - A Bronx bodega owner is facing illegal weapons charges after he claimed to have found a stashed handgun in his public bathroom and used it against two alleged stickup men before he could turn it in to police. According to the United Bodegas of America (UBA), Jhony Gomez, the owner of Mi Gerizin Market at 777 Elton Avenue was behind the counter on Thanksgiving morning, November 28, when two masked men entered the store demanding cash. UBA claims Gomez was defending customers inside his store and himself when he f...

Bronx Man Charged with Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend in Neck

Police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman who was found dead with multiple stab wounds to the neck inside her apartment. -File Photo

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 15, 2023


BRONX - A Bronx man was charged with fatally stabbing his girlfriend in the neck inside his apartment. 




Police arrested 35-year-old Shaheene Ahmad in the death of his girlfiend 23-year-old Zariah Hayes. He was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. 


At around 10:30 pm on September 14, officers from the 49th Precinct responded to a 911 call at 2552 Holland Avenue off of Pelham Parkway. Cops arrived at the apartment to find Hayes lying on the floor, bleeding with multiple stab wounds to her neck. 



Hayes was transported by EMS to nearby Jacobi Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. 


Police took Ahmad, the victim’s 35-year-old boyfriend, into custody at the scene. 


A knife was recovered at the scene. 


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