{"id":176276,"date":"2026-03-26T17:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/176276\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:53:44","slug":"norwood-21-year-old-shot-in-head-critical-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/176276\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwood: 21-Year-Old Shot in Head, Critical in Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBy DAVID GREENE &amp; S\u00cdLE MOLONEY<\/p>\n<p>POLICE CORDON OFF the crime scene on Bainbridge Avenue and Jerome Avenue next to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Thursday, March 26, 2026, after a 21-year-old man was shot in the head and is in critical condition in hospital. Video by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<p>A 21-year-old man was shot in the head in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Thursday morning, March 26, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said the incident occurred at around 9.48 a.m. \u201cPolice responded to a 911 call of a person shot in the vicinity of Jerome Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue, within the confines of the 52 [Precinct]. Upon arrival, officers were informed that a 21-year-old male was shot in the head by an unidentified individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000073973.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129646 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000073973-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\"  \/><\/a>A POOL OF blood is seen next to a backpack at the intersection of Bainbridge Avenue and Jerome Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx on Thursday, March 26, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson continued, \u201cEMS responded and transported the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition. There are no no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police had cordoned off the scene which is located next to the Veterans memorial by Woodlawn subway station and across the street from Woodlawn Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Woodlwan-2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129638 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Woodlwan-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/a>A POLICE OFFICER stands near a backpack on the ground and a pool of blood where a man was shot multiple times and a suspect was taken into custody.<br \/>Photo by Chris Perkins<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">A male eyewitness told Norwood News that the shooting occurred at around 9.49 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, at Bainbridge Avenue and Jerome Avenue and that the gun was tossed on the traffic island at the intersection of the two streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">\u201cWe heard a bang, I turned and then I saw the guy standing over\u00a0 the body and he shot him at least two more times while he was on the ground,\u201d the eyewitness said. \u201cI saw two guys running and one guy ran up into the subway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">He continued, \u201cThe guy ran up into Woodlawn Station and came down the other side and tried to get on the 4 bus to Getty Square. We shouted him down and told the cops he was on the bus. They evacuated the bus and they got the guy on the bus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Norwood News asked the NYPD press office if they could confirm this account but at this point, the press office said they could not. We will share any additional details we receive.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A large pool of blood and a backpack was seen at the crime scene, along with the now-unoccupied bus.\u00a0 More to follow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Woodlwan-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129639 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Woodlwan-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/a>POLICE CRIME SCENE tape is stretched out across Bainbridge Avenue after a man was shot outside Woodlawn Station on Thursday, March 26, 2026.<br \/>Photo by Chris Perkins<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s 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 Crime Stoppers website at\u00a0<a id=\"m_9202978448517170835OWAab3f416c-ef92-78db-69ad-a573948720d5\" href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774633234402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3SVIpX2If_Az9gzLkr3foA\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<p>All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; By DAVID GREENE &amp; S\u00cdLE MOLONEY POLICE CORDON OFF the crime scene on Bainbridge Avenue and Jerome&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-176276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}