Shots were fired just before 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 near Haffen Park at Burke Avenue and Wickham Avenue where a crowd watched a basketball game. Officers found a 32-year-old man with a chest gunshot wound and a 17-year-old girl with a facial gunshot wound; the man died at Jacobi Hospital and the teenager remains critically ill. Three other victims went to hospitals with nonfatal wounds. Detectives recovered ballistic evidence and several firearms and took four people into custody; police believe the shooting was gang-related. Tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers.
One person is dead and four others are injured, including a teenager fighting for her life, after a shooting at a Bronx basketball game Saturday night. According to police sources, shots were fired just before 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 near Haffen Park on Burke Avenue and Wickham Avenue, where a crowd had gathered to watch a basketball game. Cops from the 47th Precinct received 911 calls reporting that dozens of shots had been fired and multiple people had been gunned down.
Upon arrival, officers found a 32-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest and a 17-year-old girl who had suffered a bullet wound to her face. EMS rushed both victims to Jacobi Hospital, where the older of the pair was pronounced dead. His identity is pending proper family notification. The teenager remains fighting for her life, according to police sources.
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