Shannon Kelsey, an 18-year-old Black man, was caught in a sudden burst of violence in the Longwood section of the Bronx on the afternoon of July 8, 2025. Just before 4 p.m., a 911 call brought police to Southern Boulevard near Westchester Avenue for what was first described as an assault in progress, the kind of street confrontation that can look like one thing from a distance and become something else entirely once it reaches a breaking point. Businesses along the block were busy in broad dayli
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