By SÍLE MOLONEY
CRIME SCENE TAPE
Photo by Síle MoloneyPolice said a 21-year-old man has been shot in the the Belmont section of The Bronx.
They said that on Wednesday evening, Oct. 22, at around 8.43 p.m., officers from the 48th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot in the abdomen, leg, and hand at 4575 Park Avenue. They said he was transferred to St. Barnabas Hospital by EMS and is expected to survive.
An NYPD spokesperson said the department had no further details at this point.
Some residents and a delivery person were seen waiting outside on the street as police guarded the entrance of the 6-story residential building.
They said they were unaware of what happened and were just informed by police that they could not enter the building for now. They were later allowed inside the building but a section of the lobby is still cordoned off. The shooting appears to have taken place on the first floor inside an apartment.
Another group standing nearby said to their knowledge, the shooting took place inside the building (and not on the street). A Family Group Daycare licensed by the State of New York is located inside the building.
Another male resident, speaking in Spanish, said he was watching TV and heard around seven shots fired. Also speaking in Spanish, two female residents standing in the lobby, one of whom was wearing shorts and was cold but could not enter her apartment, said it was the first time she recalls there being trouble in the building and that they had also been watching TV and didn’t know what happened. They said they didn’t hear any arguing.
POLICE ARE SEEN outside 4575 Park Avenue on Wednesday night, Oct. 22, 2025, after a report of a shooting.
Photo by Síle Moloney Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).