Brooklyn detectives are searching for three suspects involved in a shooting on Thursday evening that left a 9-year-old boy seriously wounded.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Brooklyn detectives are searching for three suspects involved in a shooting on Thursday evening that left a 9-year-old boy seriously wounded.
The shooting occurred within the 73rd Precinct, where hours earlier, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, NYPD brass, and elected officials had touted a record number of guns seized citywide amid historic drops in shootings and murders so far in 2026.
Police said the gunfire erupted just before 6 p.m. on March 26 in front of 391 Bristol St. off Livonia Avenue in Brownsville.
Cops found the injured child with a gunshot wound to his right leg after responding to the location. EMS rushed the youth to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, police sources said.
The motive for the shooting remains unknown and under investigation. Police sources said the victim was outside the Bristol Street location when he was apparently struck by a stray shot.
Police said the gunfire erupted just before 6 p.m. on March 26 in front of 391 Bristol St. off Livonia Avenue in Brownsville.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Three individuals seen at the location when the bullet was fired are currently wanted for questioning, sources said on Friday. One of the individuals wore a blue sweatshirt; a second wore a dark blue sweatshirt; and a third person wore all-black clothing.
So far, no arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation, police said.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
Just the third shooting in Brownsville this year
The 73rd Precinct — which, as recently as two years ago, had garnered a reputation for high numbers of shooting incidents — had seen just two shootings year-to-date through March 22, according to the most recent NYPD data. That’s down from the seven shootings reported at the same point in 2025.
Tisch had visited the 73rd Precinct’s Brownsville stationhouse earlier on Thursday to report that the NYPD had taken more than 1,000 guns off the streets since January. Approximately 305 weapons had been seized across Brooklyn.
Shootings across the city are also on pace to reach record lows in 2026, the commissioner noted. In January and February 2026, the NYPD tallied just 81 shooting incidents with 95 victims, which beat the record lows of 92 and 105 that were set in 2025 and 2019, respectively.
“So far this year, we are on pace with the historic record lows of 2025, when the NYPD delivered the safest year for gun violence ever,” Tisch said. “Because of the women and men of this department who are out on our streets focusing on the people carrying guns, building cases, and taking down violent gangs, we continue to seize these dangerous firearms and keep New Yorkers safe.”