Vigil held for Bronx teen set on fi re
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Tuesday night the
Highbridge community
joined together
to mourn the loss of
18-year-old Winston
Ortiz, who was gruesomely
stabbed and
burned to death earlier
this month.
Counci lwoman
Vanessa Gibson
joined Bronx District
Attorney Darcel
Clark and clergy
members began a
walk of memorial
at the Woodycrest
Church of God to the
nearby site of Ortiz’s
murder at 1045
Woodycrest Ave.
“With heavy
hearts, we gathered
tonight as clergy,
community, elected
offi cials, law enforcement,
residents and
youth, for a March
and Prayer Walk to
remember the life of a
young man, a child of
God violently taken
from his family last
week in Highbridge,”
Gibson posted
following the vigil.
“Continue to lift
up the family of Winston
Ortiz. He deserved
to live and
grow up. Pray for
both of these families
who will never
be the same again,”
she added.
Ortiz, who lived on
nearby Anderson Avenue
was fatally set
on fi re and stabbed
repeatedly inside
the fi fth fl oor of a
Woodycrest Avenue
apartment at about
3:10 p.m., according
to the NYPD.
Earlier, authorities
arrested 22-yearold
Adones Betances
of University Avenue
on murder and manslaughter
charges for
the heinous killing
of Ortiz.
Reports have
shown that accused
acted as result of Ortiz
having a relationship
with Betances’
14-year-old sister. The vigil in Highbridge for Winston Ortiz. Photos courtesy of Vanessa Gibson
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