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FURTHER UPDATE: Police Release Video of Suspect in Daylight Shooting in Kingsbridge Heights

A screenshot of a Citizen’s App video shows the scene after a shooting at the junction of Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road, on the border of Fordham Manor and Kingsbridge Heights in the Bronx on July 23, 2021.
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Police confirmed a 26-year-old man was shot on West Kingsbridge Road sidewalk at the junction of Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road, on the border of Fordham Manor and Kingsbridge Heights in the Bronx on Friday, July 23, at around 4.36 p.m.

 

The shooting evolved from a dispute between the victim and another man and resulted in the victim being shot in the buttocks. The perpetrator fled the scene. According to one Citizen’s App post, he fled eastbound on East Kingsbridge Road.

 

Police confirmed to Norwood News that he has not been caught.

A screenshot of a Citizen’s App video shows the scene after a shooting at the junction of Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road, on the border of Fordham Manor and Kingsbridge Heights in the Bronx on July 23, 2021.
Image courtesy of Citizen

The victim was transported to Montefiore Hospital where he is expected to survive the shooting.

 

 

A video of the aftermath of the shooting was posted to the Citizen’s App and showed various police vehicles and officers at the scene which was cordoned off for investigation.

 

A screenshot of a Citizen’s App video shows police investigating a shooting at the junction of Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road, on the border of Fordham Manor and Kingsbridge Heights in the Bronx on July 23, 2021.
Image courtesy of Citizen

On Saturday, July 24, the NYPD released the official police report of the incident and asked for the public’s help in identifying the man seen in the attached surveillance video and photo who is sought for questioning regarding the non-fatal shooting.

They confirmed that the incident took place at 8 West Kingsbridge Road, when the 26-year-old victim was approached by the unknown suspect. They said the two engaged in a verbal dispute, which escalated into a physical encounter.

 

The suspect displayed a handgun and discharged it once striking the victim in the buttocks, before fleeing on foot in an unknown direction. The victim was treated at Montefiore Hospital and has since been released.

 

The suspect is described as male, has a dark complexion, has a thin build, and has short, dark braided hair. He was last seen wearing a a black t-shirt, gray jeans and black sneakers.

 

 

Surveillance video and a photo taken from the incident location are attached.

 

On July 20, NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea spoke on NY1 about different approaches currently being discussed, including at federal level, to tackle gun availability and gun violence.

As reported, tackling gun violence in New York City has become a critical issue for whoever becomes the City’s next mayor.

 

Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic nominee for mayor, Eric Adams, recently met with U.S. Senator for New York Kirstin Gillibrand to discuss federal legislation to tackle gun violence. “It was a privilege to join @SenGillibrand in calling on Congress to finally pass federal gun trafficking legislation,” Adams tweeted on Tuesday. “This is a crisis that transcends state borders and requires an immediate, coordinated response to get illegal guns out of our communities.”

 

Meanwhile, Gillibrand said, “Today, I stood with @BKBoroHall to announce the reintroduction of the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking & Crime Prevention Act, which will make gun trafficking a federal crime. It’s time to pass this commonsense reform to stop the flow of illegal guns.”

 

The NYPD yesterday confirmed that the 52nd precinct officers recently arrested a gang member in possession of an illegal firearm, 180 vials of crack cocaine and $8,300.

 

Anyone with information with regard to 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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

 

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