{"id":820543,"date":"2026-05-25T06:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/820543\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:33:19","slug":"nypd-launches-manhunt-for-sweater-swapping-goons-who-shot-up-nyc-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/820543\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD launches manhunt for sweater-swapping goons who shot up NYC playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NYPD is looking for a pair of gun-toting thugs who riddled a Bronx playground with bullets and took off in a getaway car \u2014 with the two caught swapping sweaters on police surveillance video.<\/p>\n<p>The shooters approached a group of people at the Bathgate Playground shortly after 5 p.m., with one of the goons pulling out a gun and firing \u201cseveral rounds\u201d before running off, police said Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Cops said the bullets miraculously missed the people in the park, but said the suspects are now wanted on reckless endangerment charges. <\/p>\n<p>NYPD surveillance video of two alleged gunmen who opened fire at a Bronx playground Saturday. NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Police said a group of people was at the Bathgate Playground in the Bronx when shots rang out Saturday. New York City Department of Parks &amp; Recreation<\/p>\n<p>The two fled on foot and hopped into a waiting dark-colored sedan, speeding off on Bathgate Avenue. <\/p>\n<p>One of the alleged shooters wore a red sweater over a black t-shirt, with black pants and black sneakers, and the second wore a light blue sweater with a white t-shirt, white and black pants and black sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>The two alleged gunmen sought for firing several shots at a Bronx playground Saturday. NYPD<\/p>\n<p>The video clip shows them taking off their sweaters and exchanging them as they cross the street.<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone with information on the two to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, or online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD is looking for a pair of gun-toting thugs who riddled a Bronx playground with bullets and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":820544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,42423,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,8190,3677,5305,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-820543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-guns","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-playgrounds","tag-shootings","tag-the-bronx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116633823231729849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820543","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=820543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}