Police & Fire News – Bronx Times

A five-alarm fire blazes through storefronts and apartments on 660 E 187th Street in the Bronx's Little Italy.

Two dead, 11 injured in five-alarm fire in Bronx’s Little Italy

By Marina Samuel

Flowers, garlands, and candles lay on the bench where 78-year old Edgar Spence was killed by a stray bullet on Thursday.

‘We have to demand accountability’: Vigil held for Mitchel Houses senior killed by stray bullet

By Marina Samuel & Emily Swanson

Police are looking for a suspect who assaulted a man on a Bronx bus.

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Suspect sought for assaulting man on a Bronx bus

Red and blue flashing police lights at a crime scene.

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Senior man fatally shot near his home in the Bronx: NYPD

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Bronx motocycle driver dies after smashing into MTA bus: cops

Dean Moses of amNewYork captured this image in August 2025 of a family separation by ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan. It was part of his year-long coverage of immigration enforcement at the facility, and its impact on families.

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Legal Aid Society sues DHS, ICE for racial profiling and unlawful arrests

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NYPD to reopen former 40th Precinct as base of Bronx Patrol Borough South

By Emily Swanson

police officers outside Bronx deli after shooting incident

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Two Bronx shootings in one hour leave pair of men dead as borough continues to be rocked by gun violence in 2026

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NYPD officer fatally shoots Mott Haven man during attempted arrest

By Emily Swanson

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36 years later, Bronxites remember the 87 victims of the Happy Land fire

By Emily Swanson

FDNY responded to a fatal fire in the Bronx on Thursday, March 26.

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Fifth-alarm fire rips through Bronx building, leaving one dead and several injured

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Community leaders press for details on the new Bronx jail — and investment in keeping people out

By Emily Swanson

Richard Swygert was convicted of murder on March 19 for a triple shooting that killed a 20-year-old Rosedale man in front of the notorious and now-closed Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens during the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2021.

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Bronx man convicted of murder for 2021 New Year’s Day triple shooting at notorious Queens hotel: DA

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Off-duty cop shoots man near Bronx apartment building, leaves him clinging to life

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Oh, nuts! State police searching for thieves who stole 60K pounds of walnuts from Bronx trailers

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Mayor Mamdani announces $2.17 million court judgment against notorious South Bronx landlord Seth Miller

By Emily Swanson

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