{"id":321827,"date":"2026-08-15T02:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321827\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T02:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:50:07","slug":"news-12-westchester-teen-gun-violence-in-the-bronx-spikes-as-4-are-shot-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321827\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Westchester | Teen Gun Violence In The Bronx Spikes As 4 Are Shot In One Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A 17-year-old boy is fighting for his life after police say he was <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/teen-critically-wounded-in-belmont-shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shot multiple times<\/a> in the Bronx Friday afternoon \u2014 the latest in a string of shootings involving teenagers across the borough this week.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Gunfire erupted around 2:40 p.m. on Prospect Avenue near P.S. 188 in Belmont, sending officers rushing to the scene and prompting a street closure.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The 17-year-old victim was struck multiple times and remains in critical condition, investigators said.<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"\/>The shooting comes after three other teenagers were shot across the Bronx this week, including two who died.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police say 16-year-old <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/bronx-family-mourns-16-year-old-boy-fatally-shot-in-the-head-in-morrisania\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Nunez<\/a> was shot in the head early Monday morning while visiting a friend at an apartment on Prospect Avenue.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">His family is still searching for answers as investigators work to determine whether the shooting was accidental.<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"\/>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know who owns the gun. I sure know it&#8217;s not him,&#8221; Nunez&#8217;s sister said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">In Kingsbridge, 15-year-old <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/grandmother-calls-for-justice-after-15-year-old-killed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riley Blingslea<\/a> was shot and killed inside an apartment building on Claflin Avenue Wednesday evening, according to police. A 13-year-old boy was also wounded.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Blingslea&#8217;s family is now demanding justice.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;My child is gone and I would like answers, justice. He did not deserve this,&#8221; a family member said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police data shows shooting incidents in the Bronx are up more than 166% week to date, adding to concerns among local leaders about the surge in violence.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Council Member Pierina Sanchez is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani to increase investments in violence interrupters and other community-based programs.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;Our residents need every level of government working together with urgency to prevent further tragedy and restore safety and hope,&#8221; Sanchez said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson voiced her outrage over the recent violence in a post on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 17-year-old boy is fighting for his life after police say he was shot multiple times in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-321827","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\/321827","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=321827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}