Police Blotter

42 Precinct

Friday, May 18 at 4:58 p.m. — An assault was reported to cops as having taken place in front of 830 E. 163rd Street where a slashing happened after a 26-year-old man got into a physical altercation with another man. The victim was slashed by an unknown sharp object during the fight, suffering cuts to his face. The individual cops are looking for left the scene with a second individual. The first individual is a dark-skinned man, 16-years-old to 20-years-old who was last seen wearing a red hooded sweater, black pants and black sneakers. The second is a dark-skinned woman who is around the same age as the male.

43 Precinct

Thursday, May 24 at 11:34 p.m.– Cops got a 911 call of a child in need of help inside of 1725 Bruckner Boulevard. When they got to the scene, police officers found a three-year-old male child with trauma to his face. The child was unconscious and unresponsive. EMS responded to the location and took the child to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The investigation was ongoing shortly after the incident.

44 Precinct

Wednesday, May 16 at 5:49 p.m. — Police got an emergency call of man shot near Clay Avenue and East 169th Street. When they arrived, they found a 24-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive with gunshot wounds in the head and leg. He was taken to Bronx Lebanon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

45 Precinct

Tuesday, May 22 at 8:20 a.m. — The NYPD teamed up with federal forces from the Department of Homeland Security and executed a search warrant for narcotics at 2205 Palmer Avenue. When they entered, the investigators found several guns and what was apparently bomb-making equipment. The occupant of the home was not inside and later the dwelling was determined to be safe.