Suspect who allegedly pushed woman, infant from Bronx balcony arrested

Police have made an arrest in the fatal push of a 23-year-old mother from a 15th-floor balcony in the Bronx Tuesday.

She was holding her 8-month-old daughter when she was pushed. The child survived and remains in the hospital. 

Angel Carrasco, 31, was taken into custody late Wednesday night in the death of Nathaly Ramirez. 

Carrasco smiled as he was walked out of the 49th Precinct Thursday afternoon with shackles on his legs and arms. Members of the public shouted at him as he walked out. 

"I am standing here, screaming at him, calling him a coward because why would you take a mother and a baby? Why couldn't you just go seek help?" community activist Irene Estrada said. 

"I feel upset because, you know, because right now I'm happy they locked him up," Bronx resident Moises Hernandez said. 

Carrasco is facing murder, attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly pushing Ramirez, his ex-girlfriend, to her death from a balcony on Olinville Avenue. 

The U.S. Marshals Service helped the NYPD apprehend Carrasco as part of the New York-New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force Wednesday night. Police said he was found at a residence after a close acquaintance alerted authorities. 

Carrasco is Ramirez's ex-boyfriend and the baby's father, according to police sources. The couple had a domestic-related history with police, and neighbors reported hearing screams and desperate pleas from Ramirez's apartment before the deadly push, police sources said. 

"Just heard the mom begging and pleading, 'Please don't do this, look at my baby's face. She thought that that would stop him from throwing her, and then all of a sudden, I just seen something tumbling,'" one witness told CBS News New York.

"I'm just thankful families will have some type of resolution now that he's caught," said resident Francine Cappe.   

"This horrific tragedy weighs heavily on every team member who worked this case," said U.S. Marshal Ricky J. Patel. "We owed it to the brave mother who gave her life to save her child from a vicious individual. While nothing can undo this terrible loss, taking this suspect off the street ensures he will answer for his alleged heinous actions."

Heartbroken neighbors held a vigil and released balloons Thursday night in front of the young mother's building, where a makeshift memorial is growing.

"This is very traumatic, because Nathaly Ramirez could not stand here. So we have to take a stand for her, and for the baby," Estrada said. 

"She was a kind-hearted person, like, somebody who was going through what she was going through asked her for help," Bronx resident Starfire Rogers said.

They're demanding more be done for women dealing with domestic violence and trying to raise awareness for people to know the signs before another tragedy happens.

"Domestic violence is not a private family matter. It's a community risk crisis," Aylyn Restituyo said.