Twenty-year-old Ronney Vargas, a three-time Golden Gloves champion was shot and killed after a dispute yesterday in the Bronx. Following a confrontation at a bodega in East Tremont, a group of male suspects followed Vargas and blocked his car in, then pistol-whipped and shot him in the torso. Vargas then desperately tried to drive off, sideswiping a number of cars before finally getting out and collapsing. Vargas had just turned pro last year and was already 8-0. His family says that his high profile within their South Bronx neighborhood may have made him more of a target. A police source told the NY Daily News, "It was a dispute over some females. He talked to the wrong girls, and the boyfriend didn't like it." And apparently the killing was caught on surveillance tape
Published Aug 17, 2008
Modified Aug 17, 2008
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