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Bronx Local News: Fire Mystery in Bronx! FDNY Finds Body NOT Related to Fire in Building

Bronx Firefighters Battle Four-Alarm Blaze, Discover Woman Dead Inside Apartment  -FDNY Bronx Voice   November 29, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A chaotic scene unfolded in the Bronx on Friday afternoon after a four-alarm fire tore through a six-story apartment building—leading firefighters not only to battle heavy flames, but also to a heartbreaking discovery inside one of the units. An elderly woman’s body was found and cops are investigating. The FDNY responded just after midday to 1520 Sheridan Avenue, where flames had erupted in apartment 6H. According to officials, the first units arrived in under four minutes. Despite that quick response, the fire had already pushed its way into the cockloft—the space between the top-floor ceiling and the roof—and began spreading into nearby apartments. In total, more than 170 firefighters and EMS personnel rushed to the scene, along with officers from the NYPD’s 44th Precinct. Nine people suffered minor injuries as crews worked their way th...
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Bullets Fly as Temps Fall in October

Police and paramedics remove a man from 179 East 205 Street who was shot in the leg on October 28, 2023. -Photo by David Greene


By David Greene

Bronx Voice

October 31, 2023 


BRONX - A 19-year-old Bronx man was wounded in the latest in a series of shootings that have taken place across the borough.



In the latest shooting police officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to 179 East 205 Street and the Grand Concourse at 2:05 p.m. on October 28.


A police source stated, “Upon arrival officers were informed that a 19-year-old male was shot in the leg. The victim was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.” 


Police have made no arrests in the case and could not immediately provide a description of the gunman.


HALLOWEEN HORROR - DECOMPOSED BODY FOUND IN BRONX PARK



BRONX - Detectives continue to investigate the death of a still-unidentified male who was found dead in Van Cortlandt Park—officials say the body was too decomposed to identify.

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Meanwhile the NYPD is still investigating the fatal shooting of a still-unidentified 58-year-old male victim who was shot and killed outside of 1285 Washington Avenue at 8:07 p.m. on October 27. Officials say officers from the 42nd Precinct discovered the victim with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and died a short time later at St. Barnabas Hospital.




Detectives in the 44th Precinct have announced an arrest in an October 17 homicide that occurred at East 170 Street and Morris Avenue at just before 7 a.m. Officers discovered the 35-year-old victim, later identified as Jose Valarezo of Wallace Avenue, who had been stabbed in the groin. Valarezo was rushed to BronxCare Hospital where he died a short time later.



Later the same day detectives announced the arrest of an unidentified 14-year-old female who was charged with murder, manslaughter, robbery, grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property.


All charges are merely accusations by the district attorney until proven in a court of law.

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