A 32-year-old man was shot dead last night outside a tobacco store in Harlem, Manhattan (NYC).
According to the NYPD, the unidentified victim was found unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and legs Wednesday at 217 W. 116th St. Paramedics took him to nearby Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, but could not save him.
The shooting occurred outside the “Gourmet & Organic” smoking business, but it is unclear if that establishment was directly related to the incident. “The crime scene stretched the length of the block, with several storefronts and countless bullet casings scattered,” he described. ABC News.
Although he did not provide his name, police said the victim He had a criminal record and was most recently arrested on October 3 for criminal possession of a weapon. when a loaded gun was found in his vehicle.
A taxi driver was in the business while the gunman shot the victim. “When I came out of the store I saw the flashes: boom boom boom,” he told Daily News the witness, who did not want to be identified. The injured man “was lying on the ground in front of the store. “Everyone was running.”
No arrests have been made or suspects identified. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
In a similar case, last week The co-owner of a marijuana store in The Bronx (NYC) shot and killed an alleged thief. He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes.
Just steps away from last night’s shooting, a 36-year-old man was fatally shot in cold blood inside a tobacco shop in April.
In May six men, two of them Hispanic, were arrested for the death of Héctor Delgado, a 26-year-old young man shot in an alleged chain of gang revenge in East Harlem.
Young people are protagonists in armed violence in New York as victims and perpetratorsparticularly shootings and attacks with knives.
2023-11-16 15:25:06
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