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Maria Carrasquillo

Case from Bronx, NY dated Dec 19, 1995

Victim Details

Maria Carrasquillo

Female

Bronx

NY

1995-12-19

38

Maria

Carrasquillo

07/17/2026

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On December 19, 1995, the holiday rush was building in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx, where Little Chester Shoes sat busy on White Plains Road near the Bronx Zoo. Inside, Maria Carrasquillo, a 38-year-old woman, was shopping with her two sons when the ordinary noise of customers and clerks was shattered by a gunman who had come in under the pretense of looking for a particular kind of footwear.

Investigators said the man had been in the store before, appearing to ask about a spe ...
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  • https://archive.ph/Is7io
  • Dec 21, 1995, page 798 - Daily News at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about the young lives lost in the Little Chester Shoe Store tragedy, and ... ...Read More
    10/15/2024
    Does anyone else find it especially chilling that the shooting happened during the holiday shopping ... ...Read More
    11/14/2023
    I’ve been following the Little Chester Shoe Store incident since the beginning, and one element th... ...Read More
    10/18/2023
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