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Suspect in EMT’s Death Disrupts Court Hearing

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 8/29/19

A Bronx court hearing for Jose Gonzalez, the suspect in the March 2017 murder of Paramedic Yadira Arroyo, ended abruptly Aug. 15 when he became enraged and had to be forcibly removed from the courtroom.

Ms. Arroyo, 44, a single mother of five, had 14 years on the job when Mr. Gonzalez carjacked her ambulance and drove over the Paramedic and dragged her body until he slammed into a parked car. He was apprehended at the scene by a Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Officer on his way to work.

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