A gunman opened hearth, placing one particular person, alongside the route of the bustling Bronx Dominican Day Parade on Sunday night, police sources mentioned.
The sufferer was struck within the arm by gunfire close to Grand Concourse and Eliot Place shortly earlier than 5 p.m. because the parade was nonetheless winding down the Concourse, police sources mentioned.
The person walked into BronxCare Well being System Hospital, the place he was listed in secure situation Sunday night time.
An NYPD spokeswoman Monday mentioned it isn’t clear if the person who walked into the hospital was wounded alongside the parade route however confirmed there have been pictures fired within the space. She mentioned police consider the bullets could have concerned two separate incidents.
The violence got here as Dominicans all through town gathered in The Bronx to rejoice the Caribbean nation’s tradition. The annual parade had been canceled the earlier two years because of the pandemic.
Flag-waving spectators lined the Concourse as colourful floats and dancers marched alongside the road all through the afternoon and Latin music crammed the air for a lot of the day earlier than the gunshots rang out.
When the bullets flew, folks ran for his or her lives, in response to a resident who witnessed the aftermath.
Nathalie Peña, who lives in an house constructing adjoining to the crime scene, mentioned she noticed folks franticly working and puzzled, “What the hell occurred?”
Peña then discovered that pictures had been fired proper exterior her house. She mentioned she moved into the house at some point earlier.
“I’ve by no means skilled a taking pictures or something. So it was like I’m having enjoyable and dancing, after which it was like what the hell occurred?” Peña, 21, mentioned.
Police recovered a gun on the scene and took a suspect into custody.
Cops recovered a gun on the scene. Police sources initially mentioned a suspect had been taken into custody, however there have been no associated fees in opposition to anybody Monday.
Pena mentioned the bloodshed made her scared of her new neighborhood.
“I wish to return to the place I used to be residing. I don’t wish to be right here anymore,” she mentioned. “However I've no choices so I’m right here.”
Earlier within the afternoon, Mayor Eric Adams led the beginning of the parade because it made its manner up the Grand Concourse from the Mount Hope part of the Bronx. The parade has been a practice within the metropolis — which has the biggest focus of Dominicans exterior the DR — for many years.
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