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Bronx Local News: Group of Muggers Stab, Beat Bronx Man with Chain

Video: Cops Looking for 4 Suspects who Stabbed and Viciously Beat Man Over His Phone By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  November 18, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - In a scene out of a bad 1970’s Hollywood movie, a Bronx man was attacked by a group of muggers who stabbed him, beat him with a chain as another man wielded what looked like a pipe.  The NYPD released new video of the suspects in last month’s brutal beating in Mott Haven.  Cops said a group of four muggers attacked a 22-year-old man at around 11:30 am on October 28. While in front of 796 East 140 Street, the four men pounced.  Cops said one of the attackers repeatedly stabbed the victim throughout his back. A second man repeatedly struck the victim in the arms and body with a chain. And two other suspects punched and kicked the victim. As the victim lay bleeding on the ground one of the suspects removed his cell phone.  Cops said the suspect was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where he was lis...

Cops Looking for Cellphone Store Shooter

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
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


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 immediately available.


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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