Bedford Park: Man Shot in Chest on East 198th Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY

POLICE CORDON OFF the crime scene at East 198th Street and Briggs Avenue after a man was shot on East 198th Street between Briggs Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Friday night, May 15, 2026.
Photo by Síle Moloney

A 32-year-old man has been hospitalized following a shooting in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Friday night, May 15, police said.

An NYPD spokesperson said that the incident occurred at 9.09 p.m. at East 198th Street and Briggs Avenue. Police said the man was shot in the chest, transported to St. Barnabas Hospital and is in stable condition.

Man Shot on East 198th Street & Bainbridge Avenue, Bedford Park, Bronx May 15, 2026. V1 Video by Síle Moloney

Police had cordoned off a block of East 198th Street between Bainbridge Avenue and Briggs Avenue.

A person in the area told Norwood News the shooting took place at close range between the two avenues closer to the Bainbridge Avenue side but not on the corner. One person said it happened close to the pictured black vehicle in the attached photo further below.

Police said the motive for the shooting is unknown at present, the investigation is continuing and there is currently no description of a perpetrator.

POLICE CORDON OFF the crime scene at East 198th Street and Briggs Avenue Avenue after a man was shot on East 198th Street between Briggs Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Friday night, May 15, 2026.
Photo by Síle Moloney

A person who had been in the deli located on the corner of Bainbridge Avenue and East 198th Street after the shooting told Norwood News the victim and his friend entered the store and the victim was holding his chest.

He said his friend asked for a napkin, and the victim later sat on the floor in one of the aisles in the back of the store, and called the emergency services, himself, for help. The person said by the time the victim was removed from the store by EMS, he was very weak and unconscious.

A MAN WHO was shot at East 198th Street between Bainbridge Avenue and Briggs Avenue in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Friday night, May 15, 2026, entered a deli located on the corner of East 198th Street and Bainbridge Avenue with a friend while holding his chest and bleeding, and later sat on the floor in this section of the deli, a person who was in the store at the time later said.
Photo by Síle Moloney

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story referred to Valentines Avenue in error. We apologize for the error.

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