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21-Year-Old Critically Wounded at Crotona Park Pool in Latest Unresolved Shooting

The pool has reopened under enhanced security with the NYPD continuing an investigation that has yet to produce arrests.

A 21-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot outside of Crotona Park Pool in the Bronx on Sunday. (Google)
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An entrance to Crotona Park on East 173rd Street and Fulton Avenue in the Bronx.
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Overview

  • Sunday’s shooting rang out just before 4 p.m. along Fulton Avenue near the pool entrance at Crotona Park.
  • The victim, a 21-year-old man, was struck in the neck and remains in critical condition at St. Barnabas Hospital.
  • EMS teams responded immediately and transported him to intensive care following the incident.
  • NYPD detectives are probing the circumstances of the shooting but have made no arrests as of Monday morning.
  • Residents have reported persistent gang activity in the park during summer months, intensifying calls for more patrols after a series of unsolved shootings.