East Harlem Grandma Killed by Gunfire; Madison Ave. Food Vendor Robbed
An innocent senior killed, a food vendor threatened and robbed.
| 29 Aug 2025 | 03:03
Robin Wright (left), killed by stray gunfire in East Harlem; right: two sought for robbing a Madison Avenue food vendor. (
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After weeks of gun violence in the Bronx and Brooklyn—including multiple mass shootings—the nightmare of stray bullets again hit Manhattan in broad daylight, striking an innocent 69-year-old East Harlem woman, Robin Wright, in the face and killing her on Wednesday Aug. 27.
Wright, who depended on a walker, was returning home from a nearby Chinese restaurant with her friend,Juanita Arnold when she was caught by stray gunfire outside the CTown grocery on the northwest corner of East 110th Street and Madison Avenue.
Wright was a beloved resident of NYCHA Lehman Houses, whose campus extends to the intersection’s southeast corner, which is co-named Tito Puente Way.
Arnold said the bullet “came out of nowhere, from a distance” and that she and Wright were unaware of any altercation going on.
What did happen, cops believe, is that two thugs mugged another man who chased his assailants and then began shooting.
It’s reported that cops found nearly two dozen shell casings on the ground.
According to ABC 7 Eyewitness News, surveillance video shows “a man in a black hoodie wearing a face mask, seen firing off a rapid succession of shots from a handgun so fast that it looked like the white flashes of a high-speed shutter camera.”
Wright’s death recalls a stray-bullet slaying of another senior women this past April 26 in Harlem. Beloved community figure 61-year-old Excenia “Mama Zee” Mette was caught in a late-night gun battle when she stepped from her apartment to check on her adult grandson outside and was killed by a stray bullet.
At press time, which precedes Labor Day Weekend, cops hadn’t released surveillance photos nor an official description of the suspects.
Madison Avenue Food Vendor Robbed by Two Youths
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two young men wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred within the confines of the 23rd Precinct. Details are as follows:
On Aug. 11 at approximately 1:20am, two unidentified males approached a 46-year-old male food vendor in the vicinity of Madison Avenue and East 99th Street and attempted to swipe cash from the victim’s cash register. A struggle ensued. The second suspect displayed a firearm and then removed $250. The individuals fled southbound on Madison Avenue.
The first sought individual is described as a male with a dark complexion, 14 to 20 years of age, and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, gray shorts, white shoes, and a black baseball hat.
The second sought individual is described as a male with a dark complexion, 14 to 20 years of age, and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, black pants, white shoes, and a black skullcap.
Anyone with information regarding these incidents 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 at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.