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Shooting Outside Bronx Church Wounds 2, Grazes 1 as Suspects Flee on Moped

The gunfire came a day after Mayor Eric Adams announced a 1,000-officer deployment to the borough.

Overview

  • Shots rang out just before 9 p.m. Friday near a candlelight memorial at 2540 Marion Ave. by East Fordham Road in Fordham.
  • A 17-year-old was hit in the thigh and ankle and a 20-year-old was shot in the right knee, with both taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.
  • A 28-year-old sustained a graze wound to the back of his head and was treated at the scene.
  • Police say two men fled on a moped, one dressed in all black and the other in gray, and they remain at large.
  • No arrests have been announced as detectives investigate, and the 52nd Precinct reports a year-to-date decline in shootings through Aug. 24.