April 08, 2004

No More Rumbles in the Bronx

According to the Post, last week was the first seven-day period in over ten years in which not a single shooting was reported in the Bronx. I’m rooting for the streak to end either the next time the Yankees come to town (today), or the next time J-Lo returns to “the block.”

But this doesn’t mean violence in the borough is a thing of the past: New York Press takes a look at that ice cream turf war from a few weeks ago:

Bronx entrepreneurs Luis and Juana Marrero, both in their 60s, learned just how brutal the ice cream business can be. On Saturday, March 27, the couple, together with their granddaughter, found their ice-cream truck boxed in by those of a competitor. Words were exchanged, sprinkles were thrown, and before you knew it the streets ran with soft-serve and blood.

Fernando Esparza and Librada Veron, in an effort to take over the Marreros’ route, beat the couple and the young girl nearly to death with metal pipes. The thugs were arrested shortly thereafter, putting a likely end to their days of bringing joy to neighborhood children.

But that means neither side has the route now, right? Now that there aren’t any more murders, let’s go to the Bronx!

Posted by Stephen Silver at April 8, 2004 06:23 PM
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