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Bronx precinct shaken by shootings
A deadly week of gunfire in the Bronx's 44th Precinct has residents weighing recent gains against fresh fear.
In brief
A deadly week of gunfire in the Bronx's 44th Precinct has residents weighing recent gains against fresh fear. The 44th Precinct saw a sharp local rise in shooting victims, even as the NYPD says shootings are down citywide. Originally reported by ABC7 New York.
Fear returns in Highbridge
Residents and business owners say the 44th Precinct has felt safer lately, but a week of shootings has brought gun violence back to the front of daily life.
Bullets hit a deli
On Sunday near East 157th Street and Gerard Avenue, young men exchanged gunfire. One round tore into Mohammed Saleh's deli while he served a customer.
“I don't go outside. No matter what happened I don't go outside... stay inside”
Domino players struck
Some bullets hit older men playing dominos nearby. Police said a 65-year-old was shot in the leg and a 70-year-old in the hand, and both are expected to survive.
Eight shot in a week
The two men were part of a broader burst of violence: eight people were struck in four separate shootings inside the precinct last week.
One man killed
Police said three people were shot last Monday on University Avenue. A 43-year-old man died after being shot in the head.
Local numbers rose
NYPD stats show 32 shooting victims in the precinct so far this year, up from 26 at the same point last year, a rise of about 23%.
Citywide shootings fell
Police say the wider city trend is moving the other way, with shooting incidents down nearly 10% this year. No arrests have been made in last week's four precinct shootings.
The one thing
The 44th Precinct saw a sharp local rise in shooting victims, even as the NYPD says shootings are down citywide.
