Shooting At Bucks Meadows Apartments
Details are thin at the moment but Bucks Meadows Apartments appears to have been the scene of a shooting that happened Saturday evening sometime between 4:30 and 6:00 pm.
While residents say that a person was shot in the parking lot near building seven, police have not confirmed how many people had been shot or their condition. They would only say there was no further danger to the public.
Bucks Meadows Apartments has an unfortunate history of drugs and violence. The complex has also seen an alarming number of fires over the last couple of years.
Last year Bensalem Police shut down an “Open-air” drug operation operating on the premises that netted two pounds of methamphetamine along with other drugs and paraphernalia.
We will update this space with any details as soon as we have them.
**UPDATED**
On Saturday, July 6, 2024, at 5:48 PM, Bensalem Township Police were dispatched to Bucks Meadows Apartments following a 9-1-1 call for a shooting in the area of building 7.
When police arrived, a 40-year-old Hispanic Male, identified as Jose Miguel Tenorio-Ruiz, was lying near the rear parking lot with an apparent gunshot wound to the torso. Officers immediately began life-saving measures until EMS arrived.
Jose Miguel Tenorio-Ruiz was transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital by Bensalem EMS but was pronounced dead a short time later.
The person who shot the victim had fled the scene before police arrival.
After questioning numerous witnesses at the scene, the police were able to identify the shooter as Abel Mendoza-Ramirez, 31, who lives in the Bucks Meadows Apartment Complex. Bensalem Police learned the suspect and the victim had a minor physical altercation just before the shooting.
Following the altercation, Abel Mendoza-Ramirez went to his vehicle, returned with a semi-automatic handgun in his waistband, and approached the victim. The two exchanged words again.
Abel Mendoza-Ramirez pulled the gun, firing two rounds into the ground near the victim. The victim then attempted to take the gun from him, Ramirez fired the gun, striking Tenorio-Ruiz in the torso.
Ramirez entered his Ford Van and fled from the scene.
A description of Abel Mendoza-Ramirez and his vehicle was then broadcast to surrounding police departments, and the vehicle registration was entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as a felony vehicle with the driver possibly armed and dangerous.
At approximately 6:40 PM, a Newton Township Police Officer spotted the Ford Van with the matching registration and conducted a traffic stop at 600 Newtown Yardley Road in front of the Newton Cemetery.
Abel Mendoza-Ramirez was taken into custody without incident. He was charged with
- Criminal Homicide
- Murder in the First Degree
- Murder in the Third Degree
- Possession of an Instrument of Crime
He was arraigned by District Justice Joseph Falcone and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility where he is currently being held without bail.
Preliminary hearing is set for July 7, 2024, at 8:15 am in front of District Judge Micheal W. Gallagher.