| Golden Gloves Boxer Shot Dead in The Bronx |
| Last Edited: Saturday, 16 Aug 2008, 10:11 PM EDT |
| Created: Saturday, 16 Aug 2008, 8:17 PM EDT |
Police were looking for the man who shot a three-time Golden Gloves champion early Saturday in The Bronx.
Ronney Vargas was gunned down about 3:30 a.m. Saturday after an argument with a group of men who fled the scene in a white car. It happened around 3:30 a.m. outside a bodega in the East Tremont section. Detectives thought the fatal dispute might have been over a woman. Police said the 20-year-old Vargas was shot once in the torso. The young boxer was pronounced dead at the hospital. No arrests were made. Vargas, a junior middleweight, attended Bronx Regional High School before turning pro in June 2007. He won each of his eight fights. |