Kingsbridge: 30-Year-Old Man Critical after Shooting on West 231st Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY

POLICE INVESTIGATE IN the early hours of Tuesday, March 17, 2026, a shooting that took place on Monday, March 16, 2026 outside 167 West 231st Street by Albany Crescent in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx. Video by Síle Moloney

A 30-year-old man has been hospitalized and remains in critical condition following a shooting in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx, police said.

A police spokesperson told Norwood News that on Monday, March 16, at around 9.12 p.m., police received a 911 call for a report of a man who had been shot in the head at 167 West 231st Street in the confines of the 50th Precinct.

POLICE CARRY OUT an investigation at Bronx Public House located at 170 West 231st Street by Albany Crescent in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in the early hours of March 17, 2026, after a 30-year-old man was shot in front of 167 West 231st Street on Monday night, March 16, 2026. 
Photo by Síle Moloney

“Upon arrival, officers were informed a 30-year-old male sustained a gunshot wound to his head,” the spokesperson said. “He was transported by private means to New York Presbyterian Allen Hospital [in Manhattan, across the bridge from Marble Hill] in critical condition. There are no arrests and it’s an ongoing investigation.”

MAJOR CRIME STATISTICS for the 50th Precinct for the 28-day period ending March 8, 2026, compared to last year (left), and year-to-date major crime statistics for the 50th Precinct as of March 8, 2026, compared to last year (right). This precinct covers some or all of Kingsbridge, Fieldston, Riverdale, Marble Hill, and Spuyten Duyvil. 
Source: NYPD 

Police had cordoned off a section of West 231st Street between Bailey Avenue and Albany Crescent while they carried out their investigation which included examining the windows of the Bronx Public House, located at 170 West 231st Street, opposite where the shell casings were located. The Temple of Enlightenment is located about 100 feet from the crime scene.

CRIME SCENE UNITS and police vehicles are seen on West 231st Street by Albany Crescent in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in the early hours of March 17, 2026, after a 30-year-old man was shot in front of 167 West 231st Street on Monday night, March 16, 2026. 
Photo by Síle Moloney

The latest shooting comes just over a month after 16-year-old athlete and student, Christopher Redding, was fatally shot at West 238th Street and Broadway, also in Kingsbridge, on Feb. 11, as reported.

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Two other teenagers were also shot during the same incident but survived. Four suspects are sought in connection to the incident and Christopher’s mother has called on the culprits to turn themselves in. Police said the shooting was being investigated in the context of a possible “gang nexus.”

THE RED MARKERS shows the location of a nonfatal shooting in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx on Monday night, March 16, 2026. 
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POLICE CORDONED OFF West 231st Street at Bailey Avenue in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in the early hours of March 17, 2026, after a 30-year-old man was shot in front of 167 West 231st Street by Albany Crescent on Monday night, March 16, 2026. 
Photo by Síle Moloney

A POSSIBLY SHATTERED window is seen at the Bronx Public House located at 170 West 231st Street, opposite 167 West 231st Street in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in the early hours of March 17, 2026, after a 30-year-old man was shot in front of 167 West 231st Street on Monday night, March 16, 2026. 
Photo by Síle Moloney

POLICE CARRY OUT an investigation at the Bronx Public House, located at 170 West 231st Street, opposite 167 West 231st Street in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in the early hours of March 17, 2026, after a 30-year-old man was shot in front of 167 West 231st Street on Monday night, March 16, 2026. 
Photo by Síle Moloney

POLICE ARE SEEN on West 231st Street by Albany Crescent in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in the early hours of March 17, 2026, after a 30-year-old man was shot in front of 167 West 231st Street on Monday night, March 16, 2026. 
Photo by Síle Moloney

CRIME SCENE UNITS and police vehicles are seen on West 231st Street by Albany Crescent in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in the early hours of March 17, 2026, after a 30-year-old man was shot in front of 167 West 231st Street on Monday night, March 16, 2026. 
Photo by Síle Moloney

POLICE CONES MARK the location [in the early hours of March 17, 2026] where shots were fired and a 30-year-old man was struck by a bullet to the head on Monday night, March 16, 2026, in front of 167 West 231st Street in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx. 
Photo by Síle MoloneyAnyone 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

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