NYPD: 17-year-old shot and killed in Bronx, 1 of 9 shootings in city over the weekend
NEW YORK -- Police are looking for a gunman after a 17-year-old was shot and killed in the Bronx on Sunday night.
The incident happened at around 6:15 p.m. in Mott Haven. The victim was the second teenager shot in the city and at least the ninth person shot over the weekend.
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Before flashing lights filled the neighborhood and detectives filled the street, Thomas Ford said he was just trying to walk home when he heard two gunshots near Beekman and East 141st Street.
"So I ran back up there to see what happened, being that I had just left from up there. And when I got back up there I seen some kid laying in the middle of the street with a bunch of people crowding around him," Ford said.
That kid was a 17-year-old who died from a gunshot wound to his chest, one of at least nine people shot in the city over the weekend.
"I got kids, myself, so I felt ... I didn't feel too good about it, seeing a young kid stretched out in the middle of the street like that," Ford said.
Also on Sunday, a man was shot along Bruckner Boulevard and East 141st Street. Police said the 35-year-old victim's car broke down around 1 a.m. while he was sitting inside a tow truck. The suspect drove by on a moped firing shots, hitting the victim in the head. He's now in critical condition at Lincoln Hospital.
Meanwhile, another teen is fighting for his life after he was shot in Fordham Heights on Saturday evening. Police said around 11 p.m., two suspects on a scooter shot at a group of people along Morris Avenue. The 17-year-old was hit in the forehead. He's now in critical but stable condition.
Also on Saturday, the NYPD said a man in the Bronx was killed in a carjacking gone wrong. The suspect stole the victim's BMW just before midnight along Hunts Point Avenue and shot the 45-year-old in the head.
While homicides are down citywide compared to last year, they are still up 30 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels. At the end of September 2019, there were 237 murders. So far this year there have been 309.
"Some people were saying it was fireworks and I knew it wasn't," Ford said.
It's an unsettling reality for Ford and his neighbors.
"I almost wanted to jump for cover, myself, to be honest with you. It was a little nerve racking," Ford said.
Police are still looking for whoever shot that 17-year-old on Beekman. Detectives said five people in ski masks took off running from the block right after the shooting, heading west toward Oak Terrace.