NEW YORK — Police say one man was killed and three others injured when gunmen on scooters opened fire in the Bronx on Tuesday.
It happened around 6:15 p.m. in the Mount Eden area.
4 shot in the Bronx; 1 dead, 3 injured
Police said four men between the ages of 23 and 37 were at the corner of Townsend and East Mount Eden avenues when four individuals on two scooters approached them, traveling eastbound on Mount Eden Avenue.
Police say the two rear passengers pulled out guns and fired about 10 shots at the men in the area.
Three victims were hit in the leg and one victim, a 29-year-old man, was hit in the chest and leg.
The 29-year-old victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said the suspects fled on the scooters, heading north on Townsend toward the Cross Bronx Expressway. All four suspects wore masks and hooded sweatshirts.
At this time, police have one man in custody, but they do not know if this individual is directly connected to the shooting.
The investigation is ongoing. Police say the motive is unclear at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-ADVICE (8477)or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782)). You can also submit a tip through their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDConseils. All calls remain confidential.
NYPD Fights Crimes Involving Scooters
Deputy Commissioner for Operations Kaz Daughtry said this month that police were working with the Community Response Team in the Mount Eden section of the Bronx to aggressively pursue individuals on scooters.
“There’s a direct relationship with people who are riding illegal scooters and committing crimes, and it’s a delicate balance for us because there are people who are legitimately riding scooters, who are working, you know , Uber Eats and different things like that, so it’s a tough selection for us, but we see both, and it’s hard to tell the difference at first, but we see both,” the chef said. deputy Benjamin Gurley.
Daughtry says so far this year, police have made 1,300 arrests involving people on scooters and issued 989 summonses to people on scooters.
According to the NYPD, 9,500 illegal scooters, dirt bikes and ATVs have been taken off city streets so far this year, including 2,500 in the Bronx alone.
“We have to give a lot of credit to our officers. It takes skill to apprehend these individuals on scooters. We don’t want our officers chasing them down the streets because we don’t want to put the public at risk, that’s why we use other things like technology…We have our air support that will follow them, wait for them to get off their scooter and they will move in to be apprehended,” Daughtry said. “It’s a skill to go after these scooters, but we don’t want to see the cops aggressively go after them, you know, Grand Concourse, because is it really worth it? So there’s a technique that we use and that we use. I’m getting really good.”
Daughtry says after Tuesday’s shooting, the department will bring the community response team back to the neighborhood, specifically to go after illegal scooters, dirt bikes and ATVs.
“We can’t arrest our way out of this problem… In this public safety game, there are other individuals involved in this public safety game. We are simply the first person in the public safety game to whom the criminal comes in. Can the community response team respond to everything? Absolutely not, 100% no. There are other stakeholders in this public safety game,” Daughtry said.
“I think when you hold repeat offenders accountable, that’s where we get our money’s worth. We have examples of that, and we’re working with our partners in the DA’s office to do that,” Gurley said.
Police said Tuesday that over the past 28 days, 36 gun arrests have been made in the NYPD’s 44th and 46th Precincts, which cover the southwest and west parts of the Bronx, and that 18 guns were taken off the streets in these neighborhoods between April 1. 9 alone.
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