An 18-year-old was shot to loss of life, an grownup was struck within the leg by a bullet, and a 15-year-old was slashed within the face after an argument shortly turned bloody within the Bronx, in keeping with police.
The violence broke out simply earlier than 4 p.m. Tuesday at Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue within the Longwood neighborhood, police stated. Police have been referred to as relating to a combat, and responding officers discovered 18-year-old Shannon Kelsey shot within the chest, together with the opposite teen who had been lower within the lip.
Kelsey was taken to the hospital, the place he died, in keeping with police. The 15-year-old boy was taken to Harlem Hospital, and is predicted to recuperate.
Police have been additionally instructed {that a} 38-year-old man was pushed to Lincoln Hospital by one other particular person after struggling a gunshot wound to his left leg, police stated. The person is predicted to outlive.
Witnesses stated there was an argument that broke out, with one particular person saying someone was on the bottom, with “three of four people on top of him.” Those that noticed the altercation stated Kelsey ran down the road and collapsed by a fruit stand.
No arrests had but been made, and an investigation was ongoing. Detectives have been gathering proof on the scene, which had been roped off with police crime tape. A motive was not but clear.
