A male between 15 and 17 years old was shot Thursday morning near East 171st Street and Third Avenue in the Claremont section of the Bronx, and police had made no arrests as the investigation continued. Shots were fired just before 9:30 a.m., according to authorities.
The victim was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital by the NYPD, per FDNY attribution relayed in a report from News 12 Bronx. He was expected to recover, according to the outlet's report. Police said the victim was between 15 and 17 years old; his exact age was not specified.
Police had not released a description of anyone they were looking for in connection with the shooting, and no arrests had been made, the station reported. The case remained a developing story, with News 12 Bronx noting that further information was expected as it became available.
Part of a Troubling Pattern in the Bronx
Part of a Troubling Pattern in the Bronx Thursday's shooting adds to a string of recent incidents in the Bronx involving teenagers caught up in gun violence. A report from the Daily News on an August shooting noted that the incident followed on the heels of multiple teens being killed or wounded by gun violence in the borough, according to nydailynews.com.
That August 14 shooting saw a 17-year-old boy shot twice in the chest near Prospect Avenue and Grote Street, also in the Bronx, the outlet reported. Police made no arrests in that case either, and the suspected gunman was described as wearing a white T-shirt, gray shorts and black-and-white sneakers, last seen fleeing with a group of men wearing Amazon vests.
The same report detailed other recent cases: 15-year-old Riley Billingslea was killed when a teenager shot him in the head inside the Castle Arms apartment building in Kingsbridge, with no arrests made. A 17-year-old was shot in the head on East 228th Street near Bronxwood Avenue in Wakefield and taken to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition, and 16-year-old John Nunez was killed when a firearm discharged inside a house on Prospect Avenue near East 169th Street — a case in which no charges had been filed against his 18-year-old friend as of that report.
The 15-to-17-year-old victim was expected to recover. Police had not released a description of anyone sought in connection with Thursday's Claremont shooting. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.
