As fireworks lit up the sky for the Fourth of July, on street level in some neighborhoods, bullets flew.
Since 11 p.m. on Tuesday, there have been 11 shooting incidents across the city, with 12 victims, according to police. A shooting just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on Morris Avenue in the Bronx left an 18-year-old dead and a 19-year-old injured, police said.
Mayor Eric Adams visited the scene of the crime in the early morning hours.
What You Need To Know
- Since 11 p.m. on Tuesday, there have been 11 shooting incidents across the city, with 12 victims, according to police
- Police said an 18-year-old died in the Bronx and a 30-year-old died in Manhattan
- So far, in the 11 incidents, just three people are in custody in connections with the shootings, police said
Surveillance video shows a white vehicle pull up along Morris Avenue. The shooter opens the passenger side door and begins firing at a group across the street.
The 18-year-old was fatally struck in the leg, and the 19-year-old is recovering at a local hospital after being struck in the hip, police said.
After a police chase of that same vehicle, the driver struck a median and flipped at East 171st Street and Grand Concourse. The two people in the car were taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
Including the 18-year-old, the string of early morning violence has left at least one other person dead, a 30-year-old man shot in the head in Manhattan, according to the NYPD.
The violence was widespread, with incidents in every borough other than Staten Island. Police are still in the early stages of each of these investigations.
So far, in the 11 incidents, just three people are in custody in connections with the shootings, police said. Some Bronx residents said they head inside early on summer holidays to avoid any violence.
Anyone with information about any of these incidents is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1crime stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Tips can be reported anonymously.
Police say because of the popularity of fireworks on the Fourth of July, it is common for many shooting to go unreported, because gunshots are mistaken for fireworks.