Crime ridden NYC: Bronx teen, 17, fatally shot by group of ski mask-wearing gunmen
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BRONX CITY, NEW YORK: A terrorizing murder unraveled in Bronx City on Sunday, September 25, after a teenager's life was cut short by a group of masked men who gunned down a young boy. Police are hunting down five male assailants, who were wearing ski masks who fled the scene after they shot and killed a 17-year-old young man.
The New York Police Department reported, that the incident unfolded on Sunday evening after five male suspects wearing ski masks and dark clothing set upon the teenage boy at about 6.15 pm in front of 320 Beekman Ave in Mott Haven and fatally shot him in the chest. The teenager was rushed to Lincoln Hospital and shortly died due to his life-threatening injuries, according to The Post.
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The New York police are tracking down the shooters after they were last seen fleeing westbound toward Oak Terrace, police said. Detectives investigating Sunday night marked off four shell casings left on the pavement. The investigation remains ongoing as police search for the culprits. The recent crime rates in New York have increased by 30.5%, with 11,619 crimes in July 2022 compared to last year, according to NYPD statistics. For instance, a woman was sexually assaulted at knifepoint on Saturday, September 24, while jogging at Fort Tryon Park in Inwood, New york. The anonymous woman was attacked at 11.14 am near Dyckman Street and the Henry Hudson Parkway. Parkgoers are shaken by the assault and the woman was rushed to Harlem Hospital in stable condition. Police said the suspect was wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt and that he may have fled on a dark-colored moped.
Another shocking incident emerged after a 22-year-old body was found dismembered in two suitcases in an apartment in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. The victim Dasia Johnson's Body was found on September 21 after her aunt asked the security guard to do a wellness check on her after she stopped answering her calls for days. When the guard tried to enter Dasia's residence her abusive boyfriend and another man allegedly stopped the security guard. Upon suspicion, the security guard called the police, whilst the two men flee on foot in front of the security. The guard then returned to the apartment and found two suitcases containing the woman's remains in a blood-soaked bathroom and a meat cleaver in the apartment. The police are currently on the hunt for the boyfriend.