The NYPD is asking the public’s help identifying two suspects seen in the attached surveillance video regarding a non-fatal, multiple shooting incident that occurred in Bedford Park, where two teens were shot.

 

It was reported to police that on Thursday, May 12, at approximately 9.30 p.m., the two teens were walking in front of 382 East 197th Street, when they observed a group of individuals in front of 2720 Decatur Avenue.

 

The group fired at them multiple times, striking the first teen victim, a 14-year-old male, in the left arm and the second teen victim, a 15-year-old male, in the left leg, before fleeing eastbound on East 197th Street towards Webster Avenue.

 

EMS responded to the location and transported the 14-year-old to Jacobi Medical Center and the 15-year-old to Saint Barnabas Hospital, both in stable condition. There are no arrests.

The first suspect is described as male, has a thin build and was last seen wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, black pants, and black sneakers.

 

The second suspect is also described as male, has a thin build, and was last seen wearing a light-colored, long shirt, light-colored pants, a black vest, and white sneakers.

 

A surveillance video, taken from the incident location, showing the two suspects is attached.

 

As of May 13, year-to-date shootings (143) in the borough were up 2.9 percent compared to the same timeframe in 2021 (139). Year-to-date shooting victims (168) were up 9.1 percent compared to the same timeframe in 2021 (154). In the 52nd precinct, where the incident occurred, year-to-date shootings (13) were up 30 percent compared to the same timeframe in 2021(10), while year-to-date shooting victims (15) were up 50 percent compared to the same timeframe in 2021 (10). Meanwhile, year-to-date murder (7) in the 52nd precinct is up 600 percent compared to the same period last year (1).

 

As reported, earlier this week, Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Commissioner Sewell, and Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund called on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to revoke the federal firearms license of Polymer80. A statement from the Mayor’s office read, “Ghost guns have been a growing contributor to gun violence in New York City and Polymer80 is, by far, the largest source of ghost guns used in crimes and recovered by law enforcement nationally.”

 

Ghost gun parts are purchased online and assembled at home. As such, unlike other weapons, their serial numbers cannot be traced. It is unknown if the gun involved in this incident came from a ghost gun or not. The crackdown on the proliferation of ghost guns is just one strand of the mayor’s blueprint to end gun violence, as reported.

 

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 Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.