In the autumn of 2015, a burst of gunfire on a Bronx street tragically cut short the life of 20-year-old Kimberly Amber Velasquez. On the afternoon of Thursday, October 22, 2015, Velasquez was walking on Waring Avenue, near the Pelham Parkway Houses, when she was struck by a bullet to her torso. Emergency services rushed her to Jacobi Medical Center, but her injuries proved fatal, and she was pronounced dead.
The investigation into the young woman's death quickly revealed that she was an
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