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Masked Gunman Opens Fire on Bronx’s Webster Avenue, Wounds Two in Daylight Attack

Police released a surveillance image during the ongoing search for the shooter.

Overview

  • Gunfire erupted just before 6 p.m. Tuesday on Webster Avenue, striking a 36-year-old man several times and grazing a 35-year-old woman.
  • EMS took both victims to St. Barnabas Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition.
  • Surveillance video shows the shooter in a ski mask and black clothing, and a suspect image has since been released by the NYPD.
  • Sources say the man was the intended target and the woman an innocent bystander, though the motive remains unclear.
  • Investigators recovered multiple shell casings, including an 11-round count reported by sources, and the gunman fled east on East 187th Street; no arrests have been announced and tips are being sought through Crime Stoppers.