{"id":328474,"date":"2026-08-24T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328474\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:12:07","slug":"four-young-people-shot-and-wounded-at-wild-bronx-car-meetup-teen-left-clinging-to-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328474\/","title":{"rendered":"Four young people shot and wounded at wild Bronx car meetup, teen left clinging to life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Four young people were shot and wounded \u2014 including a teen now fighting for his life \u2014 during a <a data-ylk=\"slk:wild Bronx car meetup;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:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/04\/18\/huge-car-takeover-rocks-queens-rowdies-damage-nypd-vehicle\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">wild Bronx car meetup<\/a> that ended in dozens of bullets fired, police sources said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rowdy meetup, part of an alarming trend that has taken hold on social media, sparked off about 5:40 a.m. Sunday on E. 233rd St. near Boston Road in Baychester, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The teen, struck in the head, is in critical condition at BronxCare Health System.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition, a 22-year-old man shot in the chest and a 20-year-old woman shot in the foot were taken by medics to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 25-year-old woman delivering slushies shot in the left foot was also taken to BronxCare Health System.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It wasn&#8217;t clear what sparked the shooting or who was targeted. Sources said upwards of 60 shell casings were found at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A fifth victim, a 37-year-old woman, was treated at Jacobi Medical Center for minor injuries when a gunman several blocks away put a gun to her head and stole her phone and chain. The gunman fled in an Acura with two accomplices, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Car meetups;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:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/04\/21\/nypd-seizes-two-infinitis-wild-queens-car-takeover-no-arrests\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Car meetups <\/a>have caused concern in neighborhoods around the city, with dozens of souped-up cars converging on quiet streets, where the drivers drag racie and perform dangerous stunts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The NYPD tracks meetups promoted on social media but some are organized too quickly for authorities to react.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four young people were shot and wounded \u2014 including a teen now fighting for his life \u2014 during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[123507,128,18671,89180,9,24,63,9548,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-328474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-alarming-trend","tag-bronx","tag-jacobi-medical-center","tag-meetup","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-police-sources","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\/328474","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=328474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}