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Bronx Local News: Social Club Killer Gets 20 Years for Gunning Down Bystander

20-Year Sentence for Gunman who Opened Fire Inside a Bronx Social Club An undated photo of Wendolin Ortiz, 19, who was shot and killed inside an illegal social club. By David Greene  Bronx Voice  December 1, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A Woodlawn man has been convicted of opening fire at an illegal social club in University Heights, killing a 20-year-old woman and wounding two men in October 2020. On November 25, a Bronx judge sentenced Domingo Berroa, 37, to 20 years to life for the October 19, 2020, shooting at Mix-Tec, a restaurant operating as an illegal social club at 2345 Jerome Avenue at North Street in University Heights. Berroa had been convicted by a Bronx jury. Police reported at the time that Wendolin Ortiz, 19, of East 163 rd Street, was shot one time during the 7 a.m. shooting. She was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital where she died. A 28-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and a 30-year-old man was struck three times in various parts of his body....

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Attackers Beat Man with a Scooter

Metal Scooter Used to Beat Man

The NYPD is searching for these two men in connection to a beating with a metal scooter. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for these two men in connection to a beating with a metal scooter. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

January 25, 2024


BRONX - Police are looking for a pair of attackers who beat a Bronx man with a metal scooter.




At around 2:15 pm on January 24, a 23-year-old man was walking in the vicinity of East 168th Street and Ogden Avenue. Cops said two men ran up to him and pounced.


The attackers punched and kicked the man and then started wailing on him with a metal scooter, cops said.


Both attackers fled on foot in an unknown direction.


Low Profile? Smoke Shop Thieves Use Luxury SUV as Getaway Car

The NYPD is searching for this BMW in connection with the burglary of a smoke shop in Queens. -Photo by NYPD


QUEENS - A pair of smoke shop thieves may have thought they would attract little attention with their clothing but then drove a pretty conspicuous getaway car - an $80,000 plus luxury SUV, the NYPD said.

 


The victim was treated for his injuries at the scene.


Police did not reveal a motive for the beating.


Both suspects are males with medium complexions and medium builds. Both men wore black bubble jackets.



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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