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New York Post
3 days ago
- New York Post
Two innocent teens wounded in broad daylight NYC shooting, third bystander narrowly missed
Two innocent teenagers were shot and a third bystander was narrowly missed when a gunman opened fire on a Bronx street in broad daylight Thursday, according to police and law enforcement sources. The pair of 17-year-old boys was in front of a five-story walk-up at 265 E. 176th St. in the Tremont section of the borough when the shots rang out around 1:20 p.m., police said. 4 Police are investigating the shooting of two teens in the Bronx. Peter Gerber Advertisement One of the teens was shot in the right arm, the other in the neck, police and sources said. Neither boy appeared to be the intended target of the shooter, but were struck in the crossfire, based on preliminary details, sources said. A bullet also went crashing through a Toyota Highlander that Christian Santos, 44, had parked just moments before. Advertisement Santos got out of the car to go to work when the bullets began flying. One went blasting through the rear of the car and into the driver's seat, striking the area where his head was moments before, he told The Post. 4 A bullet pierced a car during a shooting in the Bronx, narrowly missing the driver who had stepped out moments before. Peter Gerber Paramedics rushed the two teens to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition early Friday, according to the FDNY. The gunman, a male dressed in all black, fled the scene on foot, sources said. Advertisement There have been no arrests and the shooting remains under investigation. 4 Police are searching for the gunman who opened fire in broad daylight Thursday afternoon in the Bronx. Peter Gerber 4 There have been no arrests in a shooting that occurred in broad daylight in the Bronx and the incident remains under investigation by the NYPD. Peter Gerber Advertisement So far this year there have been 15 shooting victims and 12 shooting incidents in the 46th precinct where Thursday's shooting occurred, according to the most recent NYPD statistics. Those numbers are a slight increase from the same time last year. Overall, the shooting numbers are down nearly 24% across the Bronx, but the borough was shocked when another teenage innocent bystander, Evette Jeffrey, 16, was shot in the head and killed in May.
New York Post
25-04-2025
- New York Post
32-year-old fighting for his life after being dragged along Bronx street trying to stop brazen car thief, disturbing video shows
A 32-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was violently dragged by his own Infiniti Q50 along a Bronx street when he attempted to thwart a brazen broad-daylight car theft Thursday, shocking video shows. The unidentified victim left his running vehicle double-parked on Westchester Avenue in Pelham Bay around noon to pick up Chinese food when an SUV drove up beside it, according to law enforcement sources and footage obtained by The Post. As the car thief emerged from the backseat of the SUV and quickly hopped into the driver's side of the Infiniti, the victim raced from the sidewalk and attempted to save his car. 5 A 32-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was violently dragged by his own car. Suppliied The man grabbed hold of the driver's side window and attempted to run along with the car as it sped off, dragging him across the street, the video shows. Officers found the victim badly injured with trauma to his head and leg a block away on Wilkinson Avenue, the NYPD said. 5 Shocking video showed the carjacking in progress and the moment when the unidentified victim was dragged by the Infiniti Q50. Suppliied 5 The brazen robbery happened Thursday around noon in Pelham Bay, Bronx. Peter Gerber He remains in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital while the perp remains on the loose, authorities said. The Infiniti was later abandoned and recovered on the northbound Hutchinson River Parkway, according to cops and photos captured by The Post, which showed the extensive damage on the driver's side. 5 The stolen car was later found abandoned nearby on the Hutchinson River Parkway. Peter Gerber 5 The victim remains in critical condition. Peter Gerber The violent car robbery comes on the heels of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch this month calling the Bronx 'the absolute best place' in New York City to steal a car as she accused the borough's District Attorney Darcel Clark of a soft-on-crime approach. While car thefts were down 12% across the city in the first three months of 2025, the Bronx saw a 3.6% bump in stolen vehicles, Tisch said on April 15. The district attorney's office defended its prosecuting decisions at the time, stating that 'there is a difference between what the police charge at arrest and what we can prove in court.'
