Four homicides on the streets of New York in a few hours: a man stabbed and three people shot
Three people were killed in a span of 24 hours on the streets of New York: a man stabbed to death in Brooklyn, and a Dominican grandmother and two men shot in Inwood, the Bronx and Quens.
The first case, a 54-year-old man was stabbed to death early yesterday morning near Rockaway Blvd. and Livonia Ave. in the Brownsville neighborhood. The unidentified victim was injured several times on the back and neck around 3:45 a.m. Monday. Paramedics rushed him to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died, she said. Daily News.
hours later last night A 26-year-old man was fatally shot. in the Bronx. According to NYPD he was shot in the chest at the corner of Melville Street and Van Nest Avenue, Van Nest Neighborhood, around 9:08 p.m.
He was transported to Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The shooting suspect was wearing a red bandana, police sources said. The unidentified victim had previously been injured in a drug-related shooting in 2019, he said. New York Post.
In the interim, a 64-year-old Dominican grandmother died and a 26-year-old was injured in two shootings almost followed and a short distance after each other in Inwood yesterday around 11:31 am It is not clear if there is a connection between the two shootings.
Finally, this morning, around 2:50 am, A 35-year-old man was shot in the head. while sitting inside a Nissan Altima on Sutphin Bvld. near Tuskegee Airmen Way, in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens.
No arrests have been made or suspects identified in any of these cases. Anyone with information should call to 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
