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New York, NY (77WABC)-In a six-hour span on Memorial Day, there were a total of seven shootings in NYC’s five boroughs. A 15-year-old male was killed and a 30-year-old man hurt when a gunman opened fire in East Harlem around 10:30 pm at 123rd and Lexington Avenue.
The NYPD this morning identified the teenager killed as Amir James of 376 Ogden Avenue in the Bronx, NY.
James was pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital after being rushed there by Emergency Medical Services. The 30-year-old man was also taken to Harlem Hospital after being shot in his knee.
A 15-YEAR-OLD shot and killed! A young life lost and another family destroyed due to NYC gun violence. City & Albany pols will continue to do nothing and violent criminals will remain emboldened. As the police try to keep people safe, laws need to change. https://t.co/qGb0IZfkVc
— Detectives' Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) June 1, 2021
Around 8 pm, in what police believe to be a gang-related shooting, five people were struck by gunfire outside of a bodega at the corner of Hancock Street and Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Police say three Hispanic males fled the scene following a dispute among rival gangs.
The first incident involving the Memorial Day violence occurred around 4:45 pm when a man was shot in his ankle at 145h Stree and Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The man was taken to Jamaica Medical Center in stable condition.
A 35-year old man was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition after being shot at West 143rd Street in Harlem around 5:40 pm.
In Brooklyn, around 6 pm a man in his 20’s was shot in front of 835 Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights. He was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
Two people were shot on Staten Island around 8:30 pm at 231 Steuben Street in the Concord section. A 19-year-old man was struck by gunfire in his left arm and a 20-year-old man was shot in his left leg. Both men were taken to Staten Island University Hospital in stable condition.
The last shooting incident on Memorial Day occurred at 10:40 pm when a 58-year-old man shot in his shoulder at East 157th Street and Courtlandt Avenue in Melrose section of the Bronx. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition.
According to the NYPD’s latest crime statistics, shooting incidents increased 166.1% from April 2020 to April of this year, 149 versus 56 last year.
The NYPD is asking anyone with information about these shootings to contact them. You can call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted to the CrimeStoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by messaging on Twitter @NYPDTips.
Police say all tips will be kept confidential.
