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Bronx Local News: Rikers Detainee Dies in Jail from Medical Episode

Hours Before Expected Release, Rikers Detainee Dies After Apparent Seizure   Edwin Ramos, 38, was slated to plead guilty and walk free Friday morning. Instead, he became the 13th person to die in city custody this year. This article originally appeared in The City.  By Reuven Blau Bronx Voice November 22, 2025 NYC LOCAL NEWS - Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom.  Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing in Brooklyn court Friday morning. The judge was then expected to release him from Rikers Island into some type of program, according to a source familiar with his case.  He died a few hours before that, after experiencing what appeared to be a seizure inside a shower, the city Department of Correction said in a press release.  “Just days ago, Mr. Ramos spoke with family and showed no signs of distress,” Legal Aid Society, which was handling his defense, said in a statement. “This morning, he was ...
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Target Shooting - Man Gunned Down in Parking Lot in Bronx

The NYPD is investigating a fatal shooting inside a Target parking lot in the Bronx. -File Photo


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

November 27, 2023


BRONX - A man was gunned down inside the parking lot of a Bronx Target, the NYPD said.


At around 11:50 pm on November 26, Raymond Resto, 49, was sitting in his car inside the parking lot of the Target Shopping Center at 815 Hutchinson River Parkway. Cops said a blue BMW pulled up alongside Resto in the parking lot.


Investigators said three or four people got out of the car and opened fire into Resto’s vehicle. The victim was repeatedly struck with bullets throughout the body.


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The gunmen piled back into the BMW and sped away in an unknown direction.


EMS transported Resto to Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.


Investigators did not release a description of the gunmen or a motive for the fatal shooting.


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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Location: 815 Hutchinson Riv Pkwy, Bronx, NY 10465, USA

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