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Man Shot Near Paradise Theater in Bronx

Police are searching for this man in connection with a shooting on the Grand Concourse.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 4, 2022 


BRONX - Police are looking for the gunmen who shot a Bronx man near the Paradise movie theater in the Bronx. 


At around 10:10 pm on October 11, a 24-year-old man was walking with a friend on the Grand Concourse near the historic Paradise theater. Suddenly two men approached and one pulled out a gun and opened fire. 


The victim suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm. The gunmen fled on foot north on the Grand Concourse toward East 187th Street. 





The victim was rushed by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was listed in stable condition. 



Police caught an image of one of the suspects on surveillance video. He is described as a man who is 5 foot 7 and 150 pounds. He has braided hair and glasses and was last seen wearing a black waist length vest, a black hooded sweatshirt with white patches on the sleeves, black jeans, black shoes and a black baseball hat.


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 




All calls are strictly confidential.


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