A brazen pair of shooters opened fire on six men outside a Bronx park Wednesday night, police said.
The gunshot victims were hanging out around 8:15 p.m. outside a Bronx building close to St. James Park, near E. 191st St. and Morris Ave., when two men arrived and immediately opened fire.
“There was several people hanging out under the scaffolding, Commanding Officer Patrol Borough Bronx Benjamin Gurley said. “Two males, one with a helmet, one without, come through St. James Park, they park a scooter in the park and they come up the stairs. They fire approximately nine rounds at the group hanging out, striking six people.”
The victims included five men who are in their 20s and one who is in his 30s.
Injuries varied, police said.
One victim was shot in the stomach, another was hit in the groin. Another victim was struck in the right hand, one in the right leg, one in the torso and one in the right arm.
“When the police arrived, there was two victims at the scene, there was two other victims that fled in a vehicle and flagged down EMS and was taken to an area hospital. And then we had two other victims that walked into two different hospitals, one in Queens and one in the Bronx,” Gurley said.
None of the injured were in critical condition and all were expected to survive.
“There were shots, lots of shots. I came down and they were loading them into ambulances. It was crazy, yo,” one witness said.
Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
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