The 34-year-old Bronk Spapa, who welcomed his baby son and was shot late Tuesday outside primary school, spent his youth in the ring.
According to police and his brothers, he began boxing at just nine years old, and was eventually filmed in his head before 11pm, before 11pm on his way to the elite amateur tournament.
Married to his two-month-old son, Cairo, Terron was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he lived before succumbing to his injuries.
His older brother, Jorge Terron, 39, is a former professional boxer based in Las Vegas, and said he was in bed when Carlos’ wife called his wife on the crushing news.
“I said, ‘What’s going on?’ And she finally told me what had happened and I started screaming,” Jorge said in a phone interview Wednesday afternoon. “It’s something no one ever expected. There’s no such call.
“He had a two-month old boy in his house,” added Jorge, choking. “Things were looking for him. He got a new car. He was working, he got a new apartment and a car.
Jorge, a former Nabo Lightweight champion who competed from 2005 to 2011, said his brother followed in his footsteps but was a strong boxer in itself.
Carlos’ boxing career took part in the New York Daily News Golden Globe Tournament from 2004 to 2008.
“He’s had over 100 amateur fights,” his brother said. “He was a very good amateur boxer. He continued with my steps in that regard. Whenever we were growing up, whenever you saw me, you saw him.”
“He wanted to be a boxer like me,” Jorge added. “He was a good boxer not only for me, but for himself, but for himself.”
Carlos was a junior at the Bronx Wildcat Academy and had just won the final of the US Boxing Junior Metropolitan Championship. He told the Daily News He said, “We were actually more boxers than my siblings, but we have a similar style.”
“He helped me when I was younger,” Carlos said in a 2007 interview. “I saw all the trophies he’s winning, and I wanted to have some of my own. I saw how all the hard work for him paid off, and now it’s starting to pay off for me too.”
However, Carlos traded with his gloves and worked as a sanitation worker for a private company for 15 years, his brother said.
He also loves to play basketball, his brother said.
“Now, the weather is starting to get warmer, so he’s always out and probably playing basketball on his days off,” he said. “He worked at night [in the] I played basketball during the day and went to work in the evening. ”
Jorge also described Carlos as an “introvert” who was “a great brother, a great father, a great friend, a man whom he can always rely on.”
“He didn’t give much advice, but that’s a bit late,” he added.
The motive for the fatal shooting was under investigation Wednesday.
However, law enforcement sources said witnesses and 911 callers reported that a group of people gathered outside when the shots rang and the Terron was attacked.
Jorge said his brother may have been shot and killed in an act of retaliation after he was caught up in a fist fight in the same area last week.
“I don’t know if it’s [the shooter was] The same person he argued with the neck of the forest said. Nothing good happens at 11am. ”
Jorge added that his brothers didn’t play the dice himself, but his brother might have been watching the dice game at the time.
On Wednesday evening, two red candles were placed on the sidewalk where the filming took place, with officers’ cars guarding the scene.
No arrests have been made for murder.
Meanwhile, his family launched a GoFundMe page to cover the costs of the funeral and memorial service.
“It is sincere to share the death of my beloved brother Carlos Terron, who unexpectedly left us last night,” Carlos’ loved ones write.
“Our family is heartbroken and still handles this enormous loss. Carlos was a kind, caring, genuine soul that touched so many lives with his warmth and presence.”
