Bronx Gang War - The Death Of MDot EBK - 184th

Ok, we back in the Bronx. This is a recent and unfortunate situation. Teenage Bronx drill rapper M dot EBK has passed away. Since news of his passing came into being, people took to social media to pay tribute to the rising star. There had been nine shootings, 11 victims, and two fatalities across the city since midnight amid the 4th of july fireworks. The violence is impacting New Yorkers physically, emotionally and financially. CBS New York investigative reporter saw the aftermath of the early morning shooting on Morris Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx. One of the bullets struck a building window. Another shattered the window of a car that a man used for business as a livery driver. As for the murder, Surveillance video shows someone hop out of a white car on Morris Avenue near 182nd Street and start shooting at a group of people at around 2 a.m.. Police say an 18-year-old was shot in the leg and died, and a 19-year-old was shot in the hip and is expected to survive. The 18 year old was m dot e.b.k., real name, Robert moses. the aspiring drill rapper who represented the double g click. In his short career, in less than year’s time he was able to accumulate millions of views. In fact he drop a song less than a week ago. The NYPD said officers captured two suspects after what appeared to be that same white car crashed near East 170th and Grand Concourse. Police say 19-year-old Ariel Velasquez, of the Bronx, and 28-year-old Ramon Santos, of Brooklyn, were arrested and are facing a number of charges, including murder, attempted murder and manslaughter. The guys who are closer to the situation, drilly members and y.g’s, were commenting on Inster-gram as to whether m dot got ran on, or left for dead. Someone said, "You know what? It becomes routine here. We had a kid that got shot here last year. That was back in November, when a 14-year-old was killed just feet away from the scene of the m dot murder. We reported on that in this story. Here is a flash back. At a news conference this week, police said they've seen an unprecedented increase over the past few years in young people becoming shooting victims -- or suspects -- and they say 14% of all the shootings this year, alone, involved youth under the age of 18. Police also said they've been adding officers to the Bronx and shootings are down about 30% in the borough compared to last year. Citywide police data shows shootings are down about 25% from last year, but still up compared to 2018 and 2019.