A person beforehand sought in connection to the demise of an expert welterweight boxer within the Bronx on New 12 months’s Eve in 2006 was arrested and charged with homicide on Friday, the NYPD stated.
Ahmet Gashi, 42, of Kosovo, Serbia, allegedly ran over prizefighter Kemal Kolenovic, then 28, with a Mitsubishi SUV outdoors a bar on Belmont Avenue within the Fordham part of the Bronx, in response to police.
Kolenovic, who hailed from Montenegro, was killed after a bar struggle between Gashi and two different males spilled outdoors into the road, police have stated.
Cops stated the suspect jumped into the motive force’s seat of his automobile and drove up on the curb to hit the boys with whom he had been arguing.
As a substitute, Kolenovic, who was not even concerned within the dispute, was struck and launched right into a tree, hitting his head. He was later pronounced lifeless at a close-by hospital.
The driving force of the automobile fled and eluded retribution for the heinous act.
Cops initially wished to query Gashi in connection to the demise, however the suspect fled into the Balkans and disappeared for the final 18 years.
Gashi was picked up by Serbian police earlier this 12 months and was then transferred to the ward of the US Marshals, in response to ABC7.
He arrived at Central Reserving within the Bronx on Friday evening.
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