One dead, 3 injured as gunman opens fire at Bronx vigil for murder victim Carlos Gonzalez
THE BRONX, NEW YORK: A man was killed and three others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a vigil for a murder victim in Bronx. The shooting occurred Wednesday, December 28, at a vigil for 26-year-old Carlos Gonzalez, who had been shot dead earlier. After the shooting at the vigil, shells were burning found just steps away from the memorial outside the Gourmet Deli on East Tremont Avenue at Marmion Avenue in the West Farms neighborhood.
The group had gathered on the corner of Southern Boulevard and East Tremont Avenue in Crotona when a man opened fire aroung 6.30 pm, according to police. Four people were shot, and a 28-year-old man among them who was shot in the chest succumbed to his injuries after being taken to a hospital.
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The three others who were shot included a 27-year-old man who was shot in the leg, a 25-year-old man shot in the arm and a 46-year-old shot in the torso. Cops said they were taken to St Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. The suspect fled on foot after the shooting. No arrests have been made yet.
The victims were commemorating the death Gonzalez, sources said, according to New York Post. Gonzalez was shot several times in the chest. The NYPD is now looking for the suspect.
Meanwhile, the NYPD earlier said that the number of overall shooting incidents for October 2022 decreased in New York City compared with October 2021. "Citywide shooting incidents decreased by 33.6 per cent (85 v 128), driven by significant declines in the Bronx, Brooklyn, northern Manhattan, and Queens. The decreases in gun violence across the city reflect the NYPD’s ongoing work to deploy officers to neighborhoods, public housing areas, and transit stations that need them most and to ensure that our steadfast focus remains on the victims of crime," the NYPD said.
"With two months remaining in 2022, the tally of illegal firearms seized from New York City’s streets by our brave officers has reached more than 6,100 – with each seizure another opportunity to keep New Yorkers free from the violence wrought by guns," it said at the time. "So far this year, 215 fewer people have suffered gunshots in the city, compared to the same period a year ago. The tireless work of the women and men of the NYPD has seen citywide gun arrests rise by 4.3 per cent (3,978 v 3,815) through October 2022, compared with the same period in 2021. The number of citywide gun arrests through the first 10 months of 2022 continues to stand at a 27-year high – as it did through the first three quarters of the year."