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Multiple Shootings in Manhattan and Bronx Trigger NYPD Alert

With no arrests in the four June shootings citywide, NYPD is adding 1,500 foot-patrol officers across all five boroughs.

Two teenagers were shot outside a grocery store near E. 176th St. and Anthony Ave. in the Bronx on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News)
The address on West 42nd Street in Hell's Kitchen where police say a man was fatally shot on the street on June 4, 2025.
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Overview

  • On June 4, a 21-year-old man was shot in the neck in Chelsea and later died at Bellevue Hospital, followed 90 minutes later by another fatal shooting near the Port Authority in Hell’s Kitchen.
  • Around 1:18 p.m. on June 5, two 17-year-olds were wounded by gunfire outside a Bronx grocery and were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia in stable condition.
  • Investigators say the Bronx attack likely stemmed from an ongoing confrontation that began the previous evening and remains under active probe.
  • Witnesses and police sources describe the suspect in each incident as a male wearing all-black clothing who fled on foot.
  • Chief of Department John Chell highlighted that shootings are at near-record lows this year even as NYPD braces for a possible summer crime uptick.