Fordham Heights: Woman Stable after being Shot in the Leg

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 44-YEAR-OLD WOMAN was hospitalized but is expected to survive after she was shot at East 187th Street and Webster Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx on Saturday evening, July 25, 2026 police said.
Photo by Síle Moloney

A 44-year-old woman was hospitalized but is expected to survive after she was shot in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx on Saturday evening, July 25, police said.

SITE OF NONFATAL shooting E 187th & Webster Ave, Fordham Heights, Bronx, Saturday, July 25, 2026 Video by Síle Moloney

A police spokeswoman said officers from the 46th Precinct received a call at 7.57 p.m. for a report of the shooting at East 187th Street and Webster Avenue, close to the Belmont border and that the woman was found shot in the leg.

She was transported by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital and is reportedly stable.

A 21-year-old man was shot dead at approximately the same location (but inside the Belmont border) in June.

MAJOR CRIME STATISTICS for the 46th Precinct for the 28-day period ending July 12, 2026, compared to last year (left), and year-to-date major crime statistics for the 46th Precinct as of July 12, 2026, compared to last year (right). This precinct covers some or all of Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights and Mt. Hope.
Source: NYPD / Compstat

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/, or on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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