Late Sunday night in Williamsbridge, a street dispute turned violent when a 37-year-old man was shot in the right leg on East 213th Street, sending neighbors to their windows and police racing to the scene.
Officers said the man was hit once in the leg and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he remains in stable condition. Residents reported a heavy police presence as officers locked down East 213th Street between Paulding and Laconia avenues while detectives combed the block for clues.
Scene and police account
According to News12 Bronx, officers responded to a shooting call at 1026 E. 213th St. around 10:55 p.m. Sunday and found the 37-year-old with a gunshot wound to his right leg.
News12 Bronx reported that citizen video from the scene showed a person surrounded by police. A source told the outlet the gunfire followed a verbal dispute. Investigators said the shooter took off in a white BMW and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and grey shorts.
Precinct and neighborhood
The shooting took place within the NYPD’s 47th Precinct, which covers Williamsbridge, according to the NYPD. The precinct’s online page lists contact numbers for community affairs and the detective squad for neighbors who want to follow up on local investigations or raise concerns.
How this fits into borough trends
Publicly available city data and outside analyses show that shooting incidents in New York remain clustered in specific areas of the Bronx, even as other crime categories move up and down across the five boroughs. The NYPD’s shooting-incident records are posted on the city’s Open Data portal, and researchers regularly mine that dataset to track how gun violence patterns shift by neighborhood. One recent borough-level analysis relied on those public records to compare shooting rates across different parts of the Bronx.
How to report tips
Investigators are asking anyone who may have seen or heard anything to come forward. Tips can be shared anonymously with the NYPD Crime Stoppers program by calling 1-800-577-TIPS or submitting information online through the Crime Stoppers portal, according to Crime Stoppers.
Neighborhood context
The shooting comes on the heels of other gun violence in the area, including an April shooting outside a local deli that left a man critically wounded, a case that has weighed on residents already worried about repeat violence on their blocks.
This story will be updated as the NYPD releases more details or announces an arrest.
