Gunman Threatens Woman in Broad Daylight on Busy Street of Fordham Shopping District

Woman Flees Brazen Gunman who Tells Her to ‘Follow Me’

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with threatening a woman with a gun on West Fordham Road. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 30, 2024 

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BRONX - A brazen gunman threatened a woman on a street in a busy shopping district in broad daylight. Cops said the woman fled the gunman after he told her to follow him to another location. 

At around 5:20 pm on October 28, a 56-year-old woman was walking in the vicinity of the old Model’s store on West Fordham Road. A man in a bright red puffy jacket walked up to her and showed her a handgun. 

Cops said the gunman threatened the woman and told her to follow him to another location off the busy street. The woman broke away and fled the gunman. 

The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect. He is described as a male with a light complexion and medium build. He was last seen wearing a red puffy jacket, gray sweatpants and black sneakers. He also wore tan baseball cap sideways. 

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.