{"id":346932,"date":"2026-09-15T01:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/346932\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T01:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:32:08","slug":"shooting-victims-in-bronx-precinct-spike-as-eight-people-are-wounded-in-just-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/346932\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting victims in Bronx precinct spike as eight people are wounded in just one week"},"content":{"rendered":"

A drive-by shooting Sunday<\/a> that left two men wounded outside a deli three blocks away from Yankee Stadium capped off an unusually violent week in the Bronx\u2019s 44th Precinct, where eight people were shot in only seven days, cops said.<\/p>\n

The eight people wounded between Sept. 7 and Sept. 13 bring the number of shooting victims in the 44th Precinct to 31 for the year, a 34% increase in just seven days, NYPD crime stats show.<\/p>\n

Prior to last week, there were 23 people shot this year in the 44th Precinct, down 11% from the 25 people wounded in the same timeframe in 2025, according to\u00a0crime\u00a0stats\u00a0current\u00a0as of Sept. 6.<\/p>\n

The two men wounded Sunday, aged 65 and 75, were playing dominoes outside the bodega on the corner of E. 157th St. and Gerard Ave. in Grand Concourse when a gunman opened fire around 6:08 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like seven shots. It came from a car, and they hit two senior citizens,\u201d a 33-year-old woman, who witnessed the violence, told the Daily News.<\/p>\n

The older victim was struck in his right hand, while the younger man was hit in his right thigh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were innocent bystanders,\u201d said the witness, who asked to remain anonymous. \u201cThat\u2019s\u00a0normal for around here. It was a drug thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medics rushed both men to Lincoln Hospital, where they\u2019re expected to survive.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear who the gunman was targeting.<\/p>\n

Cops are hunting for multiple suspects spotted fleeing the scene in a car heading south on Walton Ave. There were no arrests.<\/p>\n

About a half mile away at 1:11 a.m. that same day, two people were shot when a gunman opened fire on a crowd partying outside an Exterior St. apartment building near E. 150th St., cops said.<\/p>\n

A 20-year-old woman fleeing the violence was struck in the left leg as she ran, while a 19-year-old man was hit in his right shoulder.<\/p>\n

Medics rushed the woman to Lincoln Hospital, where the wounded man was also treated after arriving there by private means. Both victims are expected to survive.<\/p>\n

A 49-year-old man was shot in the left thigh inside Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park<\/a> near Jerome Ave. and E. 165th St. in Highbridge around 2:14 a.m. that Wednesday, cops said.<\/p>\n

Medics rushed that victim to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n

Cops are searching for three men spotted fleeing the scene on foot. There were no arrests.<\/p>\n

That Monday, three people were wounded \u2014 one critically \u2014 when a shooter opened fire on a University Ave. food market near Marriam Ave. in Highbridge around 10:53 p.m., cops said.<\/p>\n

A 43-year-old man was shot in the head, a 52-year-old woman was grazed in her leg, and a 65-year-old woman was shot in the leg, police said.<\/p>\n

All three were rushed to Lincoln Hospital, where the man was listed in critical condition. The wounded women are expected to survive.<\/p>\n

There were no arrests.<\/p>\n

Shootings are down 12% citywide, with 449 incidents this year compared to 510 during the same period in 2025, stats show. The number of people shot throughout the five boroughs is down 15%, with 545 shooting victims in 2026 as compared to 641 the year before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A drive-by shooting Sunday that left two men wounded outside a deli three blocks away from Yankee Stadium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-346932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","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\/346932","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=346932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}