A person was killed and 4 different folks had been injured when gunfire broke out on Saturday night time at a New York Metropolis park the place a big crowd had gathered for a basketball match, based on police.
The gunfire erupted round 7:27 p.m. as a number of shooters opened fireplace inside Haffen Park within the Bronx, prompting the gang readily available to scatter and search cowl, based on the New York Police Division (NYPD).
Officers responded to the park within the Baychester neighborhood of the Bronx after 911 callers reported a number of folks had been shot, based on a press release from the NYPD.
New York Metropolis police acquire proof at Haffen Park within the Bronx, August 23, 2025, after a capturing left one man useless and 4 different folks injured, authorities mentioned.
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ABC New York Metropolis station WABC reported that the capturing occurred as a crowd had gathered for a youth basketball match.
Upon arrival to the park, officers discovered a 32-year-old man who had been shot within the chest and a 17-year-old woman who had been shot within the face, based on the police assertion.
Each victims had been taken to Jacobi Medical Middle within the Bronx the place the male sufferer was pronounced useless, police mentioned. The wounded teenage woman was listed in important situation as of Sunday, based on police.
New York Metropolis police seek for proof, August 24, 2025, after a capturing at Haffen Park within the Bronx left one man useless and 4 folks injured.
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Three different victims wounded within the park capturing confirmed up at hospitals in personal automobiles, together with a 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old girl, who had been who had been each shot within the again and had been listed in secure situation, police mentioned on Sunday morning. A 42-year-old man was additionally shot within the arm throughout the incident and was taken by personal car to Montefiore Hospital within the Bronx, the place he was in secure situation on Sunday.
Police mentioned they’re withholding the identify of the person who was killed pending notification of his household.
A minimum of 4 folks had been detained for questioning shortly after the capturing, based on police, who have not mentioned if these folks have been charged in reference to the incident.
A motive for the capturing stays beneath investigation, based on police, who’re asking anybody who might have witnessed the capturing to contact detectives instantly.
Saturday’s capturing marked the second consecutive weekend that the NYPD responded to a mass casualty capturing.
Three males had been killed and 11 folks had been wounded throughout an Aug. 17 incident during which a number of shooters opened fireplace contained in the Style of the Metropolis Lounge, a bar and restaurant in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. Police mentioned two of the three folks killed had been concerned within the capturing and that one man who was fatally shot was an uninvolved bystander.
Two different perpetrators who allegedly opened fireplace contained in the lounge stay at massive, authorities mentioned. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned investigators have decided that lounge capturing was gang associated.
The shootings occurred as the latest NYPD crime statistics present homicides citywide are down by 19.6% thus far this yr in comparison with the identical year-to-date interval in 2024. The info additionally present that the variety of capturing victims are down 19.4% this yr in comparison with 2024, and the variety of capturing incidents has fallen by almost 20% over the identical interval in comparison with final yr.
