Instagram

UPDATE Marble Hill: Woman Shot at Bronx Housing Authority Now Stable

POLICE CORDON OFF a section of the courtyard of Bronx Housing Authority at 5210 Broadway in Marble Hill on Saturday night, Oct. 28, 2023, after a woman was reported shot. 
Screenshot courtesy of the Citizens’ App

Police said Sunday that a woman who was shot on Saturday night at Bronx Housing Authority in Marble Hill is now in stable condition.

 

A police spokesperson told Norwood News on Saturday, Oct. 28, that the shooting was reported at around 9.22 p.m. the same evening and no further information was available at the time. Screenshots of video footage from the Citizens’ App showed police cordoning off a section of the courtyard outside the location.

POLICE CORDON OFF a section of the courtyard of Bronx Housing Authority at 5210 Broadway in Marble Hill on Saturday night, Oct. 28, 2023, after a woman was reported shot. 
Screenshot courtesy of the Citizens’ App

A police spokesperson told Norwood News on Sunday, Oct. 29, that the victim was a 30-year-old female who had been shot in the back and had been brought to New York Presbyterian Hospital in critical condition. He added, “She’s now in stable condition.”

 

Asked if the perpetrator(s) was / were known, the spokesperson said they were not, and that the investigation was ongoing. We asked if the victim was a resident of Bronx Housing Authority and the spokesperson replied, saying her address was not the same as the address of the shooting incident.

POLICE CORDON OFF a section of the courtyard of Bronx Housing Authority at 5210 Broadway in Marble Hill on Saturday night, Oct. 28, 2023, after a woman was reported shot. 
Screenshot courtesy of the Citizens’ App

Anyone with information in 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

 

Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.

Like this story? Leave your comments below.