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Pot Shop Shooting Victim Identified in Bronx

The NYPD has identified the victim who was shot to death inside a Bronx pot shop today. -File Photo


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 8, 2023 


BRONX - A Pennsylvania man has been identified as the victim who was fatally shot in the head at a Bronx pot shop, the NYPD said. 



Police have identified 23-year-old Romel Carey of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania as the victim in this morning’s fatal shooting in Mount Hope.  


A person of interest was taken into custody at the scene but no one has been arrested, cops said.  


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At around 12:30 am on November 8, officers responding to reports of shots fired arrived at a pot shop at 251 East Tremont Avenue. Inside the store police found Carey with a gunshot wound to the head. 


EMS pronounced Carey dead at the scene. 



No description or a possible motive for the shooting has been given. 


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: 251 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY 10457, USA

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