{"id":41729,"date":"2025-11-16T23:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41729\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T23:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:57:07","slug":"bearded-cane-toting-man-shoots-guy-on-nyc-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41729\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearded cane-toting man shoots guy on NYC street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cane-toting man sparked up a conversation with a guy on the street in The Bronx on Saturday \u2014 and shot him before disappearing into the night, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident unfolded around 8:45 p.m., when the shooter walked up to his 38-year-old victim in front of 1550 University Ave. in Morris Heights and struck up a conversation, cops said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear if the two men knew each other.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.575;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37684223\" width=\"339\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1550-university-avenue-approached-unidentified-115506047.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance photo of an individual walking with a cane, wearing a black jacket, dark pants, and a knit hat.\" class=\"wp-image-37684223\"  \/>The cane-wielding gunman started a conversation with his 38-year-old victim in Morris Heights, then shot him and fled, police said. DCPI<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the victim walked away, the individual followed him, displayed a firearm and fired multiple rounds, striking the victim about the body,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cEMS responded and transported the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he is listed in critical but stable condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.63974152;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37684222\" width=\"377\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1550-university-avenue-approached-unidentified-115506046.jpg\" alt=\"A medium-complexioned male with a beard and glasses, wearing a black jacket, dark pants, and a knit hat, is seen walking with a cane.\" class=\"wp-image-37684222\"  \/>The NYPD is still looking for the shooting suspect. DCPI<\/p>\n<p>The gunman fled eastbound and remains on the loose, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The motive behind the shooting is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD is now asking for help to find the shooter, who is seen on police surveillance footage with a salt-and-pepper beard, glasses, a wood cap and a dark long overcoat.<\/p>\n<p>Cops said he is between 5\u201910\u201d and  6\u20192\u2033 and between 50 and 65 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS or contact them online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cane-toting man sparked up a conversation with a guy on the street in The Bronx on Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12193,57,9,56,63,65,64,103,104,3980,129,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-41729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-manhunts","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-ny","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nyc-headlines","14":"tag-nyc-news","15":"tag-nypd","16":"tag-police","17":"tag-shootings","18":"tag-the-bronx","19":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41729","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=41729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}