A 70-year-old man and a 65-year-old man were shot Sunday in the Concourse Village section of the Bronx, struck by gunfire that sent emergency crews rushing to East 151st Street and Gerard Avenue. The older victim was shot in the hand, while the younger man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, and both were rushed to a nearby hospital where they are expected to recover.
According to the NYPD, the two men were injured during the shooting, and paramedics transported both victims to Lincoln Hospital, as reported by News 12 Bronx. Lincoln Hospital houses the busiest Level 1 Trauma Center in the northeast region and handles more than 168,000 emergency department visits a year, according to NYC Health + Hospitals, underscoring why both men were able to reach specialized emergency care so quickly.
News 12 cameras at the scene observed multiple shell-casing markers scattered across the street, and officers stood posted on all four corners of the intersection as the investigation unfolded. Police are searching for two alleged assailants who fled the scene in a gray Honda Civic, driving southbound on Walton Avenue, per the same account. As of Sunday evening, no arrests had been made.
Investigators Still Piecing Together a Motive
Officers were still working to determine what sparked the shooting, the station's report notes, and investigators had not yet determined whether the two men were the intended targets or whether any information pointed to a motive. Those open questions remained unresolved as of Sunday evening.
The shooting happened at an intersection that sits in a mixed residential-industrial stretch of the South Bronx, about ten blocks south of Yankee Stadium and East 161st Street, near the Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market, according to Welcome2TheBronx. Concourse Village, the sub-neighborhood where the shooting took place, is served primarily by the IND Concourse Line's B and D trains along Grand Concourse and the IRT Jerome Avenue Line's 4 train along River Avenue, per Wikipedia.
A Rare Victim Profile for Street Gunfire
The ages of the two victims stand out against national data. Nonfatal firearm assaults and homicides in the United States disproportionately affect teens and young adults between 15 and 34, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention injury data. Separate research from the Rockefeller Institute of Government found that firearm-involved homicides against U.S. men over age 50 rose 87% between 2010 and 2021, offering broader context for Sunday's victims even though the men survived their wounds.
Part of a Tense September Weekend in the Precinct
Sunday's shooting was not an isolated event in the neighborhood. Just two nights earlier, on September 11, a 45-year-old man was shot in the torso at East 158th Street and Concourse Village West, with suspects fleeing on Citi Bikes, as Hoodline previously reported. That incident provided additional context for violence in the area during mid-September.
The scene falls within the NYPD's 44th Precinct, headquartered at 2 East 169th Street and responsible for patrolling roughly 1.97 square miles that include Bronx Terminal Market and Yankee Stadium, according to the NYPD. The precinct's recent shooting activity provides additional context for the investigation.
Statewide gun-violence data provides broader context. New York's Winter Violence Reduction Plan involved up to 1,800 officers across 64 zones in 33 precincts, according to Police One.
For now, the two men wounded Sunday are recovering, and police continue searching for the pair who sped off in the gray Honda Civic. Anyone with information on the shooting is encouraged to contact the NYPD as the investigation continues.
