Newsletter BOX: News12 Bronx News Brief - Oscar Aravjo fatally shot on East 172nd Street, Commonwealth Avenue in Soundview

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

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	20-year-old man shot dead near Soundview home A young Bronx man is dead after a shooting just steps away from his own home in Soundview. According to investigators, 20-year-old Oscar Aravjo was shot on East 172nd Street and Commonwealth Avenue just after midnight, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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	Cops look for missing 15-year-old girl Cops are searching for a missing teenager from Prospect Avenue. Angela Stoddart Samuels was last seen on Sheridan Avenue Friday afternoon.

	Judge orders monitor of NYPD stop-and-frisk A federal judge has appointed an independent monitor to oversee changes to the NYPD's contentious stop-and-frisk policy, a significant judicial rebuke for what the mayor and police commissioner have defended as a life-saving, crime-fighting tool.

	Plaintiffs relieved over stop-and-frisk ruling Plaintiffs say they are relieved by a courtâ€™s decision to appoint an outside monitor to oversee the NYPDâ€™s stop-and-frisk practice. Lalit Clarkson called the decision â€œa first step.â€ He says that since stop-and-frisk has now been addressed in court, other forms of police abuses may slowly begin to fade away.