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Bronx DA Clears Teen After Allerton Shooting Crash, Announces 10 Indictments in Linked Killings

Prosecutors say video showed a fleeing gunman’s weapon land under his vehicle, validating his account.

Overview

  • Eighteen-year-old Josue Lopez-Vasquez had weapons charges dismissed after investigators concluded he was not involved in the Sept. 1 Allerton Avenue attack that killed 25-year-old Jamari Henry and wounded four others.
  • He was arrested from his hospital bed after officers found a .45-caliber magazine on his dashboard and a pistol beneath his minivan following a police pursuit and collision.
  • Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators indicated a shooter’s gun flew under his vehicle and the magazine entered his car during the crash.
  • District Attorney Darcel Clark announced indictments of 10 adult and teenage suspects tied to two fatal mass shootings in August and September and a third slaying.
  • Prosecutors said the firearms in those cases were linked by ballistic testing to 13 other shootings, and they charged Desean Edwards with the Sept. 2 killing of Jontay Davis.