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Police set up a crime scene after a bullet crashed through the window of Metro by T-Mobile at Morris Park Avenue and Hunt Avenue at 2 p.m. on November 7. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  November 21, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - Police are currently looking for an assailant who fired a gunshot at another unknown individual along busy Morris Park Avenue. The bullet smashed through the front door of a phone store, thankfully no one was injured. Police officials say the incident was reported at 2 p.m. on November 7, outside of the Green Olive Deli, located at 716 Morris Park Avenue, at the corner of Hunt Avenue. Officials say the unknown gunman fired a single shot at a second individual and missed. The bullet flew across the street and through the front door of Metro by T-Mobile, at 723 Morris Park Avenue. Both the gunman and victim fled the scene on foot. No description of the gunman was

‘Jack Sparrow’ Mugs Straphanger on Subway

Cops Searching for Pirate Mugger

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a mugging inside a Bronx subway station. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a mugging inside a Bronx subway station. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 31, 2024 


BRONX - Halloween came early for one crazed mugger who beat a straphanger dressed in a pirate costume, cops said.




At around 4 am on October 27, the suspect dressed in a pirate costume was seen on surveillance video wandering around the subway station at Brook Avenue in Mott Haven. 


Cops said the Jack Sparrow look like walked over to the turnstile and attacked a 32-year-old male. The pirate repeatedly punched the victim in the face and body. He then ripped the victim’s AirPods out of his ears and then took the sneakers off the man’s feet. 



The mugger than ran out of the station. 


The victim refused medical attention at the scene. 


The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion, dark hair and a mustache. He was last seen in a pirate costume complete with a bandanna, eyepatch and tri corner hat. He also wore a white shirt and black vest and red and black striped pants.



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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