15 shot in NYC within 8 hours, 2 dead Posted: Aug 17, 2014 4:39 PM PDT Updated: Aug 18, 2014 3:20 AM PDT By MYFOX NEW YORK STAFF NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) - Fifteen people were shot in a rash of violence in New York City. The violence left two people dead and 13 others injured within a span of just 8 hours. The NYPD reported the first shooting late Saturday. It happened at an East Harlem Park. In that incident, 3 people were shot, with one of the victims being seriously injured, at Jefferson Park on 113th Street and First Avenue; Shortly before 3 a.m. On Sunday, 2 people were shot dead in Hamilton Heights when a driver got out of his car and opened fire. The motorist fled after killing a 21-year-old and a 29-year-old man. A man in his 20s was shot on West 128th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem at around 1 a.m. A 19-year-old man was shot on Lewis Avenue and Van Buren Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant at around 2 a.m. And a 26-year-old was shot at Sutter Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York at around 5:30 a.m. 3 people were shot in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx around 3 a.m. Sunday. A 19-year-old and a 24-year-old were both shot in the arm and a 29-year-old was shot in the thigh. The three victims are expected to survive. In the South Jamaica section of Queens at around 6 a.m. Sunday, 4 people were shot when two men got out of a car and fired more than 20 rounds. Two of them are in critical condition. Police say three other people were shot and injured with non-life-threatening injuries in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Officers from the NYPD also shot and injured a man who was attacking a woman with a knife in an apartment building in the Bronx shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:29:14 +0000
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