Winston Ortiz Wiki – Biography
Winston Ortiz is a teenager who was killed Wednesday, August 12 after being set afire in a Bronx apartment building during a dispute, cops said. Ortiz was stabbed three times and then doused with gasoline and set aflame with a match on the fifth floor of 1045 Woodycrest Ave. in Highbridge at about 3 p.m.
Police sources said the suspect entered the building about 10 minutes before Ortiz — who did not live there — and then carried out the attack. Two neighbors in the building doused the flames using buckets of water before EMTs arrived.
Ortiz was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he died.
A 34-year-old mother who is a building resident said she was alerted to the grisly scene by a teenage girl screaming in the hallway. “I step outside. I saw flames,” said the woman, who asked that she not be identified.
“I thought her apartment was on fire. And when I go over there, I saw a guy in flames all over his body.” The witness and the mother of the screaming girl, who lives on the sixth floor of the building, grabbed buckets and poured water on the burning victim. The incident left the 34-year-old witness rattled.
It’s unclear if the teen girl and the victim were acquainted. “I got very scared because I have my girls here” in the building, she said. “It’s really concerning.”
Winston Ortiz Age
Winston Ortiz was 18 years old.
Family
He is survived by his mother and father, 2 younger brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
GoFund Me
A GoFundMe has been set up in support of Winston Ortiz. In the page, it reads:
“Ortiz was loved by all who came to know him. He was active in his church and a role model for all of his younger brothers and cousins. He was bound for greatness. Tragedy struck on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. After leaving his home to go see a friend, he was brutally murdered by cowards.”
Investigation Report
Police sources said the suspect entered the building about 10 minutes before Ortiz — who did not live there — and then carried out the attack. The witness and the mother of the screaming girl, who lives on the sixth floor of the building, grabbed buckets and poured water on the burning victim.
It’s unclear if the teen girl and the victim were acquainted. The incident left the 34-year-old witness rattled. It’s unclear if the two incidents are connected. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday night.