Detectives are searching for suspects after gunfire erupted just before 9 p.m. on Aug. 29 in front of 2540 Marion Ave. near East Fordham Road in Fordham. The shooting appeared to occur during a candlelight vigil near a church. Two victims—a 17-year-old shot in the thigh and ankle and a 20-year-old shot in the right knee—were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and listed in stable condition. Investigators found a third victim, a 28-year-old man with a graze wound to the back of his head, treated at the scene. No arrests have been made. Mayor Eric Adams increased police and violence interrupter presence borough-wide the prior day. The 52nd Precinct reports a year-to-date decline in shootings. Tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS, online, or via X @NYPDTips.
Detectives in the Bronx are searching for the suspects behind yet another shooting in the borough on Friday night that left three men wounded. Police said the gunfire erupted in front of 2540 Marion Ave. near East Fordham Road in Fordham just before 9 p.m. on Aug. 29. Officers from the 52nd Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding shots fired at the location. According to WABC-TV, the shooting appeared to have occurred during a candlelight vigil near a church.
Friday night's shooting occurred just a day after Mayor Eric Adams announced an increase in police and violence interruptor presence around the borough following a recent rash of shootings, several of which were deadly. The 52nd Precinct, where Friday's shooting occurred, has seen a year-to-date decline in shootings; through Aug. 24, the NYPD reported 10 shootings in the command, down 37.5% from the 16 reported at the same point in 2024.
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