Overview

• Gunfire erupted around 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 near Haffen Park at Burke Avenue and Wickham Avenue as a crowd watched a basketball tournament.
• A 32-year-old man was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the hospital, and a 17-year-old girl shot in the face remains in critical condition.
• Three additional victims sought care on their own: a 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman with back wounds at Jacobi Hospital and a 42-year-old man with an arm wound at Montefiore, all listed in stable condition.
• Police recovered multiple firearms at the scene, detained four people for questioning, and asked witnesses to come forward as charges remain under review.
• Across the Bronx that night, eight people were shot in three incidents, including an earlier attack on White Plains Road that left a 24-year-old in critical condition and a separate shooting in Mott Haven.