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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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Bronx Subway Shooting - Cops ID 2 Gunmen

Bronx Subway Shooters Identified 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a shooting at a Bronx subway station that left 1 man dead and five others wounded. -Photo by NYPD


Purple Clad Suspect Seen Running from Train Holding Gun


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

February 13, 2024


BRONX - The NYPD has released photos of the two alleged subway gunmen who killed one man and wounded five others when they opened fire at a Bronx subway station during rush hour yesterday.



The NYPD released new surveillance video which shows the two suspects wanted for the deadly shooting that left a homeless man dead and a group of teens wounded.


One suspect was caught on camera running down the subway platform holding a handgun. He was dressed in a bright purple jacket and purple Du rag.


The NYPD is looking for this man in connection with a mass shooting at a Bronx subway station. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is looking for this man in connection with a mass shooting at a Bronx subway station. -Photo by NYPD


Cops said at around 4:47 pm on February 12, the men on a Number 4 train got into an argument inside a subway car. When the train stopped at the Mount Eden station and the doors opened the two men opened fire on each other, cops said.




The hail of bullets struck six people mostly teenagers. 


Cops said 35-year-old Obed Beltran-Sanchez was fatally struck with a bullet.



Investigators did not give a reason for the deadly argument.


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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