A 40-year-old mother was killed and her two children were injured after a gunman opened fire on the family inside an apartment in the Bronx (NYC) this morning.
The motive for the crime or the victims’ relationship with the gunfighter It was not immediately clear, but according to New York Post It is about the woman’s partner. The man barricaded himself in an apartment and was arrested, police sources said. Charges were pending.
The shooting occurred in an apartment in the building 226 East 203rd St. near Valentine Ave. in Bedford Park around 5:15 a.m. Saturday, he reported Daily News.
Officers responding to a report of an assault in progress found the woman with multiple shots to the chest. Their two children, 8 and 16 years old, They were also shot, but were reported in stable condition.
EMS took the mother and older child to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died at 6:12 a.m., the NYPD said. Her name was not immediately released. The youngest son was taken to Jacobi Hospital. The mother had lived in the building in which the tragedy occurred for about two years, a neighbor who did not want to identify herself told the press. It is unclear if the suspect also resided there.
Domestic violence is common in New York City and surrounding areas, between relatives, roommates and partners, even with minor victims. Every day in NYC, an average of about 747 incidents of domestic violence, including assaults, abuse, verbal abuse, and about 65 homicides annually.
Last month a man was arrested a day after his mother’s funeral on suspicion of strangling her in her home in Staten Island (NYC). Also in January, a man and woman were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in an apartment in Brooklyn (NYC) in an apparent murder-suicide. Days before, a Hispanic woman killed her daughters and her husband and then took her own life inside her home in Union (NJ) after receiving an eviction order, authorities reported.
Earlier this year, a man was arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his wife while their teenage son was at home in Long Island (NY).
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2024-02-10 17:47:00
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