Suspect ID'd after woman, infant pushed from 15th-floor Bronx balcony, police say
The NYPD has identified a suspect after a mother and child were allegedly pushed from the 15th-floor balcony of a Bronx apartment building Tuesday.
The NYPD is searching for Angel Carrasco, 31, in the death of 23-year-old resident Nathaly Ramirez. Ramirez's 8-month-old daughter was critically injured in the fall but is now in stable condition. Police sources confirm Carrasco is Ramirez's ex-boyfriend.
Police say Carrasco should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via the Crime Stoppers website or via DM on X, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
The shocking incident took place early Tuesday morning at 2550 Olinville Ave., where Ramirez lived.
Police said they were called just before 3:40 a.m. The caller said there were two people who needed help at the building, and responding officers found Ramirez and her daughter with injuries "consistent with a fall."
Police went on to say that further investigation revealed they were pushed.
One woman said she heard screaming from a nearby apartment.
"I was sleeping and I heard a bunch of noise, dogs barking and yelling, 'Oh my god, please don't do this. Look at my baby's face,'" she said.
"It's just evil. Like, it's is devious," neighbor Kayla Ravagnan said. "There's no other, there's no explanation."
"I have a daughter who is 34 years old, and I can't... [Ramirez] could've have been my child," neighbor Lisa Williams said.
Wednesday night, community members gathered for a prayer vigil at the front of the building and demanding more to be done for women dealing with domestic violence.
"I completely understand what it is to be threatened in this exact same way," domestic violence survivor Anna Peralta said. "You're suffering in an apartment between walls where nobody knows anything that you're going through. And unfortunately, nowadays, people aren't taking domestic violence seriously."
