{"id":629666,"date":"2026-03-03T17:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/629666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:22:12","slug":"man-shot-near-bronx-apartment-building-in-broad-daylight-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/629666\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot near Bronx apartment building in broad daylight: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-at-11.46.58-AM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"scene of shooting in the Bronx\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Man shot near Bronx apartment building in broad daylight: cops 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>FILE \u2013 Police at the scene of a shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <\/p>\n<p>A man was shot and seriously wounded near a <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> apartment building in broad daylight on Tuesday morning, police reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD said the gunfire erupted just before 9:40 a.m. on March 3 in front of 2608 Creston Ave., across the street from St. James Park, in Fordham Heights.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd52pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">52nd Precinct<\/a> responded to the scene and found the victim, a 35-year-old man, shot once in the torso. EMS rushed him to Bronx Care Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition for injuries not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>The motive for the shooting is unknown at this time, police sources said.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137834963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-at-11.32.44-AM.jpg\" alt=\"scene of shooting in the Bronx\" width=\"1200\" height=\"810\" title=\"Man shot near Bronx apartment building in broad daylight: cops 2\"  \/>The NYPD said the gunfire erupted just before 9:40 a.m. on March 3 in front of 2608 Creston Ave., across the street from St. James Park, in Fordham Heights.Photo via Google Maps\n<\/p>\n<p>Through March 1, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/bureaus\/patrol\/precincts\/52nd-precinct.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">52nd Precinct reported just one shooting year-to-date<\/a> in 2026. Borough-wide, however,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/new-york\/bronx\/the-bronx-gun-violence-surge-february\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> the Bronx has seen an uptick in gun violence<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/compstat.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">34 shootings year-to-date through Feb. 22, up 21.4%<\/a> from the 28 reported at the same point in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made in Tuesday\u2019s shooting, according to police. Cops are said to be looking for a suspect described as a man with a dark complexion, wearing a black jacket and gray sweatpants, and carrying a red backpack.<\/p>\n<p>He was last seen fleeing the scene southbound on Creston Avenue after the shooting, according to sources.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the shooting or the suspect\u2019s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE \u2013 Police at the scene of a shooting. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell A man was shot and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":629667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[268648,5229,268649,35819,268650,126591,1126,268651,183400,4222,405,403,152408,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,5292,23952,55014,183404,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-629666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-52nd-precinct","tag-america","tag-bronx-care-hospital","tag-bronx-shooting","tag-creston-avenue","tag-crime-news","tag-crime-stoppers","tag-daytime-shooting","tag-fordham-heights","tag-gun-violence","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-crime","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-public-safety","tag-shooting-investigation","tag-st-james-park","tag-suspect-at-large","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116166403724863585","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}