Tag: YONKERS
Yonkers 8th-grader wanted for shooting death of innocent teen
An 8th-grade boy with gang ties and a violent criminal past fired the stray round that killed a Yonkers teen Thursday as she protected her little sister, cops said Monday, pleading with the shooter to surrender and face justice.
Jamir Thompson, 15, intended the fateful bullet for a rival from whom he’d stolen a gold chain earlier Thursday — but he instead struck 18-year-old Marilyn Cotto Montanez as she pushed her 9-year-old sister to safety, police said.
“This incident has deeply affected our community because an innocent life was lost,” said Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner in a press briefing. “We will not rest until Jamir Thompson answers for his reckless and despicable conduct.”
Hours after allegedly stealing the chain from another teen, Thompson had another run-in with that victim near Montanez’s Morningside Avenue home, Gardner said.
Amid the dispute, Thompson — a Yonkers resident who attends the Linden Hill School in Hawthorne, New York — opened fire with a 9 mm handgun, Gardner said.
Montanez, a high school senior, shoved her younger sister out of the the way at the cost of her own life — a round struck her in the head.
Cops identified Thompson as the alleged shooter through a painstaking review of surveillance footage and a series of witness interviews.
The top cop, his voice strained with emotion at points, appealed directly to the teen triggerman to make it easy on himself and come forward.
“If Jamir Thompson is watching, I have a message for you,” Gardner said. “We are considering you armed and dangerous. We are out looking for you as we speak. And for the safety of everyone, I urge you to turn yourself in.”
Thompson lives in Yonkers with his mom, who has refused to give cops any info on her son’s whereabouts, Gardner said.
His department has had “multiple” contacts with Thompson over his “violent” criminal history, but Gardner said he couldn’t divulge specifics due to Thompson’s age.
Cops released a wanted poster showing the fresh-faced shooter, and announcing a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
Gardner also issued a stern directive to anyone thinking of giving Thompson quarter.
“I am also sending a warning to anyone who is harboring Mr. Thompson,” he said. “You will also be arrested and held accountable for your actions.”
via: https://nypost.com/2019/04/29/yonkers-8th-grader-wanted-for-shooting-death-of-innocent-teen-cops/
Young dad killed in movie theater had people ‘after him’
His life ended as the final credits rolled.
A Yonkers man was fatally stabbed early Saturday in the lobby of the movie theater where he worked, police said.
The 19-year-old victim, who had just started working at the Showcase Cinema De Lux multiplex in Ridge Hill, was arguing with another man at 12:44 a.m. when the encounter turned violent.
The killer then whipped out a knife and stabbed the worker in the chest, according to Yonkers cops.
A relative identified the dead man as Daij Thomas, adding that Thomas had been attacked two weeks ago but survived. “He had a disagreement with a group of people. We don’t know over what, but we knew they were after him. If we would’ve known who or over what we would’ve tried to help him,” said brother-in-law Landon Tucker-Brown, 28.
Thomas worked two jobs at the mall and was trying to get an apartment for himself, his girlfriend and their young son.
“He was a good kid and he was finally getting his life together,” Tucker-Brown said.
The bloody encounter unfolded as the theater’s late-night showings were wrapping up. Video of emergency responders working to save Thomas in the lobby was posted online.
Thomas was pronounced dead at New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville.
The slay suspect was described as 6-feet tall and thin.
Those who said on social media they knew the victim paid him tribute.
Tia Thomas updated her Facebook cover photo with a picture of her slain boyfriend with angel wings, noting, “Life cut short, Spirit Lives Forever, Rest Easy Young King.”
The post said Thomas began working at the theater on Wednesday and “now he’s gone.”
via: http://nypost.com/2017/04/15/worker-fatally-stabbed-in-movie-theater/