Officers near the scene of a deadly shooting on Fulton Avenue, across from Crotona Park, in the
Bronx on June 23, 2021. Photo Steve Sanchez BY JASON COHEN
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Cops cuffed a Bronx man
accused of fatally shooting
a neighbor during a dispute
on their block Wednesday
night.
Timmy Johnson, 30, allegedly
shot the 30-year-old
victim in front of an apartment
building on Fulton Avenue
near East 172nd Street,
across from Crotona Park, at
about 8:15 p.m. on June 23.
Both Johnson and the
victim, whose identity has
been withheld pending family
notification, lived on the
same block of Fulton Avenue.
Sources familiar with
the investigation said shooting
resulted from a dispute
between the two men; the
cause of the argument remains
under investigation.
Officers from the 42nd
Precinct, in responding to
a 911 call about an assault,
found the victim with at
least one gunshot wound to
his body.
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EMS rushed the victim to
St. Barnabas Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead.
Police sources said Johnson
was taken into custody
a short time later near the
crime scene. A loaded firearm
allegedly used in the
murder was also recovered.
Johnson faces charges of
murder and criminal possession
of a weapon.
A Harlem man with a
lengthy rap sheet was arrested
last week for the brazen
broad daylight shooting
of a man in the south Bronx
in front of two children.
On June 25, Police Commissioner
Dermot Shea and
city District Attorney Darcel
Clark announced the arrest
of Michael Lopez, who
was taken into custody at
the home of his stepfather in
Harlem. Lopez, 27, of Harlem,
who is a member of the
Make it Happen Boys, has
five prior arrests and is on
parole for attempted murder.
“We are doing everything
we can to prevent things like
this from happening,” Clark
said in a press conference. “I
implore the public to please
help us put an end to gun violence
that is destroying our
communities. I’m looking
forward to the day when the
catchphrase is ‘the Bronx is
thriving.'”
Shea was shocked a man
who was on parole for attempted
murder was walking
the streets.
“I think the main question
we should be asking is,
how does an individual get
released to parole for knife
point robbery is walking
around on the streets and is
that justice for those little
kids,” he said. “When you see
individuals getting arrested
for violent activity, getting
released almost immediately
and seeing this churn over
and over again, I think we
can do a lot better.”
On June 17 an unknown
man shot a 24-year-old man
in the back and both legs in
front of 1551 Sheridan Ave.
The suspect then got on a
scooter operated by another
unknown man and fled the
scene on Sheridan Avenue.
ARRESTED!
Gang member
arrested for
Sheridan Ave.
shooting
Man cuffed for fatally shooting neighbor
during dispute on Bronx block
Trio attacks off-duty NYPD cop
BY JASON COHEN
An off-duty cop was recently
attacked by three men
in the Bronx.
According to the NYPD,
on June 21, at 11:46 a.m., in
front of 1318 Lafayette Ave., a
33-year-old off-duty police officer
became involved in an argument
with three men.
The dispute escalated and
one of the unidentified males
struck the cop with a blue
wooden stick and the men
then punched him in his face
and upper body.
The victim suffered pain to
his head, back and knees.
He was transported by EMS
to NYC Health+Hospitals/Jacobi
in stable condition.
The unidentified assailants
fled on foot, and the investigation
remains ongoing.