Shooting of suspects handed over to the police in West Chestern County

The month of March had an alarming start in the city of Westchester County City of Yonkers. Last week, several shootings and other violent events had members of the Yonkers Police Department up and all over the city to cope with these several incidents.

Shortly after one of these incidents in the last week, we reported on one of these incidents in which a shootout was injured a person and a suspect shortly afterwards was detained by the Yonkers police. Another shootout took place the following day and after a week of the investigation, the Yonkers police now have a new update in this second shootout examination.

Previous reporting: The shootout in Major Westchester County City will continue the amazing week of violence

Two people who were injured when shooting Yonkers

The shooting in question originally occurred last week on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. According to the press release of the Yonkers Police Department via their official Facebook page, the Yonkers police responded to the 326 Walnut Street area on a report by two men who were shot at around 3:35 p.m.

When the police discovered both male victims, the first man was identified as a 39-year-old man and the second, a 31-year-old man. The 39-year-old victim had suffered a single gunshot wound on his upper body, while the 31-year-old victim suffered a single gunshot wound in his face.

First aiders in the scene provided medical aid to the 39-year-old victim, where he was then brought to a local trauma center for so-called “significant internal injuries”. The 31-year-old victim was privately brought to a local hospital, where he was then stabilized and then brought to a trauma center for the treatment of “serious facial injuries”.

Detectives on site and investigation

Shortly after the victims to the detective from the main cadre in connection with the Digital Forensics Unit and the crime scene unit of the Digital Forensics came on site to start their official investigations.

Other local officers had previously started their advertising in the area in search of witnesses and suspects. Detective, recovered monitoring videos and processed ballistic and forensic evidence responded during the scene.

Detective provisional findings in the investigation showed that there was a verbal argument between “other uneducated parties” and the victims. The suspect produced and fired two shots during this argument and hit both victims and then fled towards Elm Street.

Detective quickly identified a person of interest in the investigation and over the past week they had gained more and more evidence of supporting criminal proceedings and the arrest of these suspects. This suspect was identified as the 23-year-old Yonkers residents, Keymel Washington. However, Yonkers detectives had a problem and this problem was the search for Washington.

Suspect

The first attempts to locate Washington proved to be unsuccessful, but the detectives had another way to track it down. The law enforcement agencies began to spread information about Washington both on both news agencies and about social media. This method now turned out to be successful.

This form of public range meant that Keymel Washington handed over to the Yonkers Police Department at the beginning of this week on Monday, March 10, 2025. According to the press release, Washington was charged with the following charges in front of the Yonkers City Court …

• Two (2) counts of the attempted murder in the 2nd degree
• A (1) count of the criminal possession of a weapon in the 2nd degree
• Two (2) counts of the ruthless threat in the 1,4th degree

According to his indictment, Washington was referred back to the West Chestian County prison with 50,000 US dollars in cash/100,000 US dollars.

In response to the case, the Mayor of Yonkers Mike Spano asked the state of New York to give “resources and tools to improve public security”. Commissioner Chris Sapienza also commented on the case that was of crucial importance for the invention of the “dangerous person”.

Both the mayor Spano and Commissioner Sapienza have guaranteed strong attitude against gun violence and the safety of the residents of Yonkers. Due to the recent violent incidents that have taken place in the city, the Mayor Spano has instructed the Yonkers Police Department to increase both the motor and foot patrols in targeted areas in the city. This means that the residents can expect both uniformed and simple civil servants within the framework of this proactive public security initiative.

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