A 17-year-old teenager was shot dead yesterday on a Bronx street in broad daylight and hours later another young man was shot in the head inside a historic building that houses recording studios in Midtown Manhattan.
The first shooting occurred near 762 Cauldwell Ave. in Melrose around 4:15 p.m. Thursday, according to the NYPD. The teenager received shot in the neck and was later pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital. The incident occurred in the middle of a fight between minors near PS 157 schoolhe detailed ABC News.
The unidentified victim had previous arrests and was described by police sources as the intended target of the shooting, according to New York Post.
Hours later, in a separate incident, a 26-year-old man was shot in the head this morning. in a midtown Manhattan building that houses famous music studios and rehearsal spaces.
The violence broke out shortly after 12:40 a.m. Friday on the 11th floor of the Music Building at 584 8th Avenue. The unidentified victim lives in the Bronx and miraculously survived, but remains in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, NYPD said. It was not immediately clear if he was working in one of the studios or rehearsal spaces for which that building is known. The police are looking for four male suspects who fled on foot.
No arrests have been made or suspects identified in this shooting. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
Although crime has gone down, Gun violence remains constant in New York City, in streets, public transportation, buildings and commercial establishments. So far this year, three men have been shot dead in the Metro.
This week a 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a warehouse employee in Brooklyn in the head, in the middle of an alleged argument over a cigarette. Last week, a 13-year-old boy returning home from watching a Brooklyn Nets basketball game was also shot and killed.
On Sunday, a Hispanic man was fatally shot outside the building where he lived with his mother in Upper Manhattan, abruptly ending his dream of joining the military like his brother.
So far this year, until February 25, 44 people citywide were victims of homicides, a 27% drop from the same period last year, when there were 60 cases, according to NYPD statistics. Shootings have decreased in 2024 with 109 incidents as of February 25 compared to 159 in the same period in 2023.
2024-03-08 17:34:00
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