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Wakefield: Two Sought for Multiple Shooting Causing Property Damage

The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying the two people seen in this video who they say are sought in connection with a shooting that occurred at 4382 Furman Avenue in the Wakefield section of The Bronx on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying the two people seen in the attached video who they say are sought in connection with a shooting that occurred at 4382 Furman Avenue in the Wakefield section of The Bronx on Monday, Aug. 7.

 

Police said that on Monday, Aug. 7, at around 4.12 a.m., four unidentified people were at 4382 Furman Avenue. They said two of the four displayed guns and fired multiple rounds in the direction of another person. They said the group then fled northbound on Furman Avenue. “There were no injuries reported, but there were multiple vehicles damaged as a result of this incident,” police said.

 

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 Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

 

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