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Manhunt Underway After Harlem Homicides and Bronx Taxi Shooting as Chicago Probes Multiple Gun Incidents

Law enforcement has arrested one suspect over a Bronx taxi shooting, with police in New York and Chicago searching for remaining gunmen in separate daytime and overnight attacks.

NYPD investigate the scene where an unidentified 30-year-old male was shot in the abdomen and left arm and a 40-year-old woman was grazed in the lower back in the rear of NYCHA’s Drew Hamilton Houses on Frederick Douglass Blvd. on July 14, 2025. (Kerry Burke/New York Daily News)
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Scene where an unidentified gunman shot a yellow cab driver in a robbery gone wrong on Nelson Ave and w 149 Street in the Bronx on July 14, 2025. (Kerry Burke/New York Daily News)
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Overview

  • Two separate shootings in Harlem on Monday afternoon killed 32-year-old Hamid Thomas and a 42-year-old man and wounded a 40-year-old bystander; NYPD describe one suspect in a black hoodie and ski mask and have made no arrests.
  • In the Bronx, 76-year-old Joseph Meeks was arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a 27-year-old taxi driver in the abdomen over a fare dispute; the driver is in stable condition.
  • Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood saw a 17-year-old boy seriously injured in a midday shooting police say was an attempted robbery, with the suspect seen fleeing on an electric scooter.
  • On the Near North Side, investigators are reviewing surveillance footage after a 37-year-old wheelchair user’s shooting claim appears contradicted by video evidence suggesting a possible self-inflicted wound.
  • Overnight on Chicago’s South Side, a 14-year-old boy was shot while walking and taken to the hospital in good condition, and authorities say no arrests have been made.