A gunman opened fire multiple times on a group of people standing outside a Harlem apartment building on Tuesday, August 4, at around 5:20 p.m., then ran off westbound before vanishing into the neighborhood. No one was hit, but police are still searching for the shooter more than a month later and are now offering a cash reward for information.
The shooting happened in front of 400 Manhattan Avenue, at the corner of West 117th Street in South Harlem, according to NYPD Crime Stoppers
. The unidentified male suspect fled westbound on West 117th Street toward what police describe only as parts unknown. The building itself is a 7-story, 58-unit residential property constructed in 1901, according to
StreetEasy
property records.
A Getaway Route With Multiple Options
The suspect's route after fleeing westbound on West 117th Street remains unclear. Detectives have not said whether surveillance footage captured which direction he ultimately went, and that detail remains an open question in the investigation.
Despite multiple shots being fired into a crowd, no injuries were reported, the NYPD Crime Stoppers post notes. The potential charges, if any, would depend on the facts established in the investigation, and the cited assault-law source does not address this specific case.
The cited Law Offices of Daniel McGuinness source defines first-degree reckless endangerment as a Class D felony, but the Crime Stoppers post does not specify whether prosecutors would pursue that charge in this case or what facts would support it.
Cash Reward, Guaranteed Anonymity
NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering up to $3,500 for an anonymous tip that leads to an arrest and indictment in the case. Tipsters can reach the program by direct message to @NYPDTips or by calling 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
The reward program is administered by the New York City Police Foundation, which relies on private donations, according to the New York City Police Foundation. Since the program launched in 1983, it has helped solve more than 5,300 violent crimes citywide — including over 1,400 murders and attempted murders — and has approved more than $2 million in cash rewards for tipsters who came forward.
A Precinct With a Recent Pattern of Gun Violence
The shooting is discussed in connection with the NYPD's 28th Precinct. It is not the precinct's first brush with unsolved gun violence this year. Hoodline's coverage of a fatal April shooting detailed how a 36-year-old man was killed at West 110th Street and Central Park North.
Hoodline has also reported on a fatal shooting last May 2025 directly behind the 28th Precinct's own station house, where detectives recovered a single shell casing and issued a similar public appeal for Crime Stoppers tips. And in July, a 24-year-old was shot dead near Frederick Douglass Boulevard in another Harlem incident covered by Hoodline. Several weeks after that July shooting, an unprovoked assault on an M10 bus rider along Frederick Douglass Boulevard added to public concern over violent street incidents in the precinct.
For now, the identity of the group targeted outside 400 Manhattan Avenue remains unknown, as does whether the case is connected to any other open cases in the 28th Precinct. Anyone with information is urged to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers by phone or direct message.
