A verbal dispute near Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights escalated into gunfire on Sept. 7, leaving a 37-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man injured and sending police searching for the shooter nearly two weeks later. The NYPD's 71st Precinct covers the area where the confrontation unfolded that afternoon, and investigators still have not identified the person responsible.
What Happened Near Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue
According to NYPD Crime Stoppers
, two unidentified individuals had a verbal dispute in the vicinity of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue at around 4 p.m. that Monday. Police say the sought individual then displayed and discharged a firearm multiple times in the direction of the other person before fleeing on foot westbound on Eastern Parkway. The shooting happened within the confines of the 71st Precinct, per the same NYPD Crime Stoppers account.
The gunfire left two people hurt. As reported by FOX 5 New York, a 37-year-old woman was shot in the leg and a 19-year-old man sustained graze wounds to both legs. Both victims were transported to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, the station reported.
NYPD Crime Stoppers, in its own account of the incident, described the injuries differently, saying the sought individual struck the 37-year-old woman in the ankle and grazed the 19-year-old man in the foot. The two versions of the injuries have not been reconciled in the available reporting.
Second Shooting Reported Along the Parade Route
The Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue shooting happened amid a separate shooting elsewhere near the West Indian American Day Parade route, according to the FOX 5 New York report. That second incident, near Nostrand Avenue, has not been independently detailed beyond what the outlet described, and it remains unclear whether the two shootings were connected.
Violence around the annual Carnival celebration is not unprecedented. During the prior year's parade period, six people were shot and one person was slashed, with no fatalities reported, according to ABC7 New York.
Reward Offered for Information
NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering up to $3,500 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case. The agency, a crime tip service based in New York, is asking anyone with information to come forward.
Tips can be submitted through the NYPD Crime Stoppers website, by phone, or on X via @nypdtips. Per CBS New York, the public can also call the English hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or the Spanish-language hotline at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). No further details about the sought individual have been released.
