{"id":322491,"date":"2026-08-16T11:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322491\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:22:19","slug":"teen-shot-twice-in-the-chest-in-the-bronx-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322491\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen shot twice in the chest in the Bronx: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) &#8212; A 17-year-old boy was shot twice in the chest in broad daylight in the Bronx on Friday, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The teen was shot in the back of an apartment building near Prospect Avenue and East 183rd Street in Belmont at around 2:40 p.m., according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The boy was rushed to the hospital and is clinging to life, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shooter ran off with several people wearing Amazon vests, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There have been no arrests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:crimestoppers.nypdonline.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mira Wassef is an award-winning reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined the PIX11 News digital team in 2022. See more of her work <a data-ylk=\"slk:here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/mira-wassef\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) &#8212; A 17-year-old boy was shot twice in the chest in broad daylight in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[7352,128,9,24,63,103,66829,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-322491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-apartment-building","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-prospect-avenue","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\/322491","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=322491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}