WAKEFIELD, the Bronx (PIX11) — A 59-year-old Bronx man was shot in the back during a noise dispute with a neighbor Tuesday morning, according to police and sources.
Police responded to the shooting in the home on Boyd Avenue in Wakefield just before 9 a.m., police said.
The man was found with a gunshot wound to the lower back and taken to the hospital for treatment, authorities said.
Sources said the man and was arguing with a neighbor about loud noise before gunfire erupted.
The suspect fled and barricaded himself at another location but was not there when officers arrived, sources said.
There have been no arrests.
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