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<\/a>A MAN IS seen on the corner of East Gun Hill Road and Putnam Place in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, with a blood-stained shirt, a stab wound to his shin and one to his head.\u00a0Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n
A young man estimated to be around 25 appears to have been the victim of a \u201cmachete\u201d assault in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Saturday night, July 18.<\/p>\n
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Following receipt of an alert on the Citizen\u2019s App at around 9 p.m. on Saturday night of an unconfirmed report of a robbery involving two people holding down another man at knifepoint at East Gun Hill Road and Putnam Place, Norwood News went to the scene and as we were approaching the corner, we spoke to a local flower vendor on Putnam Place and asked him if he had seen anyone injured or any police in the area.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Spanish, the vendor said he had not seen anyone injured but that police had already arrived earlier and had asked him the same questions.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Norwood News then turned the corner onto East Gun Hill Road and there, saw a Hispanic man who was short in height in a blood-soaked white t-shirt, distressed and tearful.<\/p>\n He had what looked like a deepish gash to both his head and his shin but was alert and standing. There did not appear to be blood flowing from his head at that point but his T-shirt was bloodstained down the front.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Speaking in Spanish, and appearing somewhat intoxicated, the victim said he had been struck with \u201ca machete.\u201d Another man who appeared to be a local employee was also present at the scene and there were some other bystanders also.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n When we collectively told the victim he needed to have his wounds treated and recommended that he sit down in case he fell while we called for an ambulance, he refused, appeared agitated, wanted to leave, and pleaded with us not to phone 911.<\/p>\n Another employee at the corner store then appeared and explained that some type of altercation had seemingly happened further up the street at the corner of Tyron Avenue and the opposite side of East Gun Hill Road, and that he had gone there to ask what had happened but it seems he was unable to get a clear picture of the incident.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The second store employee convinced the victim that he had to get to a hospital. While Norwood News called 911, the same employee went inside his store to get two T-shirts (products of the store) one of which we applied to the victim\u2019s headwound. As the victim changed into the second clean t-shirt, which he had asked to do, it appeared he didn\u2019t have any chest or torso wounds.<\/p>\n While waiting for the ambulance to arrive, another frowning man appeared at the location and before he walked into the store, he warned Norwood News and the first store employee not to get involved. He then entered the store to talk to the second employee.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The victim was given his original t-shirt (which may have evidence on it) and he was later seen holding it as he made his way towards the ambulance when it arrived.<\/p>\n Blood had started to slowly trickle down the victim\u2019s forehead at one point before the ambulance arrived. However, the victim continued to stand and was able to walk towards and into the ambulance unassisted when it arrived. The victim had mentioned earlier that he had nowhere to sleep. He also appeared to have sores on his limbs.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Norwood News later went to the corner of Tryon Avenue and East Gun Hill Road to ask if anyone had seen what happened but nobody had.<\/p>\n We later asked the NYPD if they had any report of the incident and the NYPD central press office did not at that point but explained that the victim may not have filed a complaint. The NYPD press office spokesperson said a hospital\/EMS may do so on his behalf.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Norwood News later contacted the FDNY \/ EMS press office for an update on the status of the man\u2019s condition as the ambulance was no longer at the scene later. We will share any further details we receive as they become available.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, July 14, at East 205th Street and Grand Concourse in the Bedford Park section, at around 7 p.m., a male teenager estimated to be around 14 was seen seated upright on the street, also bleeding from the head, with blood stains on his tank top, and blood streaming down his face and neck. Blood drops were also seen on the street and one of the victim\u2019s eyes was also heavily bloodshot.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n An e-bike was seen on its side nearby along with another e-bike which was seen beside it upright. A group of people had surrounded the young teen who appeared to be in shock. Despite this, he also appeared to be phoning his family \/ siblings for help.<\/p>\n A group of people had gathered around the youngster, including a woman who explained in Spanish that she was a nurse and she was trying to convince the victim that he had to go to the hospital, and not to get up. She kept repeating that there was blood in his eye.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n However, the young boy appeared scared to do so and shortly afterwards, some other young people, estimated to be in their teens, arrived and they started to help the victim get up, despite the protestations of all around him. They then walked him down Grand Concourse in the direction of Van Cortlandt Avenue. The victim had said repeatedly he did not want an ambulance.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The victim was also told that after a head collision, even though a person might appear to be ok in the immediate aftermath, there was always a possibility and danger they could get worse and collapse later. It did not change his mind.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n According to various media reports at the time, British actress Natasha Richardson, wife of Irish actor Liam Neeson, collided with a tree in 2009 while on a Canadian ski slope. According to People<\/a> magazine and ABC News<\/a> reports, after taking a tumble in the snow and hitting her head, she was evaluated by ski patrol but showed no immediate visible injuries or signs of distress. She declined further medical help at that time, signed a release waiver, and walked back to her hotel room with her instructor.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n According to TMZ<\/a>, People<\/a>, Reddit.com<\/a>, and ABC News<\/a>,\u00a0hours later, Richardson developed a severe headache and began experiencing confusion. The progression is often associated with a \u201clucid interval,\u201d where a patient appears fine immediately following a head injury before symptoms of internal bleeding manifest according to Neurology Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The news outlets reported that she was rushed to a local hospital in Ste-Agathe and subsequently transferred to a trauma center in Montreal. Upon her husband\u2019s arrival, medical professionals informed him that the injury had resulted in brain death.<\/p>\n Ep. 20 \u2013 Natasha Richardson | Last Days Podcast Video courtesy of TMZ via YouTube<\/p>\n The media outlets reported that Richardson was eventually transported to a hospital in New York City, where she was officially pronounced dead on March 18, 2009, at the age of 45. The same outlets reported that an autopsy determined the cause of death to be an epidural hematoma, a collection of blood between the skull and the brain\u2019s outer protective lining, resulting from blunt impact to the head during the accidental fall. The tragedy led to increased public awareness regarding the importance of wearing helmets.<\/p>\n The young teen at the scene of the accident on the Grand Concourse did not appear to have been wearing a helmet. One bystander at the scene later said he heard a collision and added that he believed someone had cut in front of the young teen seemingly while he was riding an e-bike. However, the man suddenly declined to say anything further.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The majority of people had urged the teen to wait and get seen by a doctor but he refused. Nobody in the group who arrived appeared to be an adult. Two other young people picked up the e-bikes and drove off.<\/p>\n<\/a>A MAN IS seen on the corner of East Gun Hill Road and Putnam Place in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, with a blood-stained shirt, a stab wound to his shin and one to his head.\u00a0
Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<\/a>A MAN IS seen on the corner of East Gun Hill Road and Putnam Place in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, with a blood-stained shirt, a stab wound to his shin and one to his head.\u00a0
Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<\/a>A MAN IS seen on the corner of East Gun Hill Road and Putnam Place in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, with a blood-stained shirt, a stab wound to his shin and one to his head.\u00a0
Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<\/a>A MAN IS seen entering an ambulance on the corner of East Gun Hill Road and Putnam Place in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, after he was seemingly stabbed in the head and shin.\u00a0
Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<\/a>A LOCAL WORKER said a second man who had been stabbed on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, said the injured man told him he had been stabbed in front of this corner of East Gun Hill Road and Tryon Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx. The injured man was later seen further down East Gun Hill Road on the opposite side and at Putnam Place.\u00a0
Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<\/a>A LOCAL WORKER said a second man who had been stabbed on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, said the injured man told him he had been stabbed in front of this corner of East Gun Hill Road and Tryon Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx. The injured man was later seen further down East Gun Hill Road on the opposite side and at Putnam Place.\u00a0 \u00a0
Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<\/a>AN AMBULANCE IS seen on the corner of East Gun Hill Road and Putnam Place in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Saturday night, July 18, 2026, after they arrived to treat a man with seemingly a stab wound to his shin and to his head.\u00a0
Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<\/a>TWO YOUNG PEOPLE are seen driving away from the scene of an apparent e-bike accident at East 205th Street and the Grand Concourse in Bedford Park, The Bronx on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after the victim refused to wait for an ambulance. Neither person photographed is the victim.\u00a0
Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n