In the early morning hours of August 18, 2019, the courtyard of the Academy Gardens complex on Commonwealth Avenue in the Bronx was the scene of a fatal shooting. Nestor Ventura, a 26-year-old male resident of the Bronx, was spending time with a friend in the courtyard of the housing complex when an argument broke out with another man. The dispute escalated, and the man pulled out a gun, shooting Ventura multiple times in the chest. Police responded to a 911 call around 3:52 a.m. and found Ventu
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