Two people are killed and at least six are injured in a spate of shootings across Brooklyn and the Bronx - amid worsening NYC gun crime
Two people were killed and at least six were injured in a spate of shootings in Brooklyn and the Bronx on Wednesday night.
The first shooting unfolded at about 9.35pm in Brooklyn's Stuyvesant Heights neighborhood, where a 28-year-old man was killed by gunfire outside an apartment complex on Herkimer Street.
Less than an hour later, a 23-year-old man was killed and five others injured when three gunmen opened fire into a crowd on Hawthorne Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens at about 10.23pm, police said.
A third shooting occurred at about 11.30pm in the Bronx neighborhood of Highbridge, where a 26-year-old man was shot in the head and hospitalized in critical condition.
None of the victims have been identified and police have not released any details about potential suspects or motives.
Investigators canvass the scene of a shooting in the Bronx that left a 23-year-old man in critical condition on Wednesday night
Another shooting took place in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, leaving one person dead and five injured. A heavy law enforcement presence is pictured at the scene of that shooting
The Stuyvesant Heights shooting victim was taken to King County Hospital, where he was declared dead from multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
Five people were taken to the same hospital following the Prospect Lefferts Gardens shooting - including four men and one woman.
Police said that shooting involved three suspects who opened fire from the sunroof of a white BMW Series 5 near Hawthorne Street and Nostrand Avenue.
Two men, 26 and 29, and the woman, 26, were struck in the leg, according to the New York Daily News, while a 27-year-old man was hit in the buttocks and 28-year-old man was grazed in the back.
The Bronx shooting also involved a drive-by, cops said. The 23-year-old victim was struck on Anderson Avenue near W 166th Street and was rushed to Lincoln Hospital.
No arrests have been made as of early Thursday morning.
The back-to-back shootings come as New York City continues to weather a devastating surge in gun violence and murders.
Murders in New York City rose 79 percent in September compared to last year, and shooting incidents soared 127 percent, according to NYPD crime statistics.
There were 152 shooting incidents across the city in September, compared to just 67 such incidents in the same month last year, a 127 percent rise, the data shows. Over the first nine months of 2020, shootings were up 91 percent.
Also last month, there were 51 murders in New York, compared to 29 in September of last year, an increase of 79 percent.
Through September 30, there were 344 murders in the city, compared to 246 murders in the first nine months of 2019, an increase of 40 percent.
October's stats are yet to be released.
Tensions in the city remain high after months of coronavirus lockdowns, economic misery and unrest in the streets, causing petty disputes to frequently escalate quickly into violence. As well, police say that gang violence has been a major factor in the rise in shootings
A woman cries at the scene of the shooting in the Bronx's Highbridge neighborhood
Investigators tape off the area surrounding 1130 Anderson Avenue in the Bronx
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