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Mid-July Shootings in Chicago and New York Yield Few Arrests

Investigations into dozens of neighborhood shootings continue, with only two arrests secured for a Bronx taxi fare case and a North Side armed robbery.

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

  • Joseph Meeks, 76, was arrested and charged with attempted murder in a Bronx taxi driver shooting over a fare dispute.
  • Chicago police charged 19-year-old Michael Jenkins with attempted murder and multiple felony counts after a Lake View armed robbery shooting.
  • Four people, including a 17-year-old and a 21-year-old, were wounded in a chaotic Fordham Heights shooting with no suspects identified.
  • A 33-year-old Chicago peacekeeper was shot six times in South Shore while on duty, marking the fourth peacekeeper shooting in recent weeks.
  • Other shootings across Chicago neighborhoods—including a West Ridge teen shot near a soccer field and a 14-year-old on the South Side—remain unsolved.