Two men have been arrested in connection with a fight outside a Bronx lounge, that left one man dead and five people injured.
Police said Monday that 19-year-old Zaire Bansey and 18-year-old Peter Hajdari, both of the Bronx, were arrested on murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon charges. It was not clear if they had lawyers.
The assaults happened on Sunday, October 05, 2014, outside a lounge on Valentine Avenue in the Bronx.
A 24-year-old man died after being shot in the torso. A 21-year-old man was critically injured with a gunshot wound to the head and another 21-year-old had been shot in the leg. Two other young men were slashed and another man had been hit in the head with a baseball bat.
The investigation remains ongoing.
All charges are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1–800–577–TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1–888–57–PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers‘ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All tips will be kept strictly confidential.
