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Cops Looking for Man who Shot Up Street in Wakefield

Video - Shooting Suspect Seen Running with ‘Gun’

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a shooting in Wakefield. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

October 29, 2024


BRONX - Cops are looking for a man who shot up multiple cars and shot a bullet through the window of a home in Wakefield. 



At around 6 pm on October 7, a man in a black hoodie was in the vicinity of Cranford Avenue and Seton Avenue in Wakefield. Cops said without warning, the man pulled out a handgun and began firing. Bullets struck multiple parked vehicles. One bullet crashed through a window to a nearby home. 


No one was injured in the barage of bullets.


It is unclear who the gunman was firing at. 






Surveillance video shows the suspect prior to the shooting. Then he is seen running down the block with what looks like a gun in his hand. 


The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and facial hair. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie with a circular graphic on the left corner of the front of the sweatshirt. It also had a large white graphic across the back of the hoodie. He also wore white sneakers and black torn jeans. 





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 confidential.


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