Overview
- NYPD arrested Denise Aponte on Monday and charged her with murder, manslaughter and criminal weapons possession in the killing of Randy Blanche.
- First responders found Blanche with multiple gunshot wounds to the head outside 160 West 174th St. around 8 p.m. Sunday, and he was pronounced dead at BronxCare Hospital.
- Detectives are exploring any link between Aponte, who lives on Popham Avenue near the scene, and Blanche, who lived in Tremont.
- Aponte’s arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court was pending early Tuesday, and authorities had not released information about her legal representation.
- Blanche is at least the fourth gun-violence death in the 46th Precinct this year, where reported shootings have fallen to 21 through mid-November from 47 in the same period last year.