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Nelson Rivera

Case from New-york, NY dated Apr 28, 1990

Victim Details

Nelson Rivera

Male

Hispanic / Latino

New-york

NY

1990-04-28

15

Nelson

Rivera

08/01/2026

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A dispute over an insult directed at a teenager's girlfriend culminated in a tragic act of violence in a Bronx schoolyard, leaving 15-year-old Nelson Rivera and his friend, Carlos Young, dead. The events unfolded after a teenage boy, feeling his girlfriend had been disrespected, sought revenge.

In a calculated act of retribution, the enraged teenager lured Nelson, Carlos, and two other youths to a schoolyard in the Bronx with the false promise of drugs. Once the four had gathered, they we ...
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  • 2 Teen-Agers Shot to Death In the Bronx (Published 1990)
  • Two teenagers killed in dispute over girl - UPI Archives
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