Gunfire in Kingsbridge Leaves One Teen Dead, Two Others Wounded
By David Greene
Bronx Voice
February 12, 2026
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BRONX, NY - One teen is dead and two others were wounded after gunfire erupted outside of a Petco on West 238 Street in the Kingsbridge section on Wednesday, February 11.
According to a police official, the shooting was reported at 5:10 p.m. at the corner of West 238 Street and Broadway. However, police recovered the shell casings further down the street at Petco. Police officers and detectives shut the intersection down and surrounded a backpack left on the sidewalk.
The unnamed police official told the Bronx Voice, “Upon arrival officers observed a 16-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the back, a 15-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the right leg, and a 13-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the right leg.”
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Police officers stand next to what appears to be a bookbag after at least two people were shot at West 238 Street and Broadway on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.—Photo by David Greene
The official continued, “EMS responded and transported all three victims to Saint Barnabas Hospital where the 16-year-old victim was pronounced deceased. The 13-year-old female and 15-year-old male are in stable condition. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.”
Police identified the victim as Christopher Redding, 16, of Walton Avenue.
According to police radio transmissions, police were looking for six males including two dark-skinned and one light-skinned teen wearing black, who reportedly fled towards West 230 Street and Bailey Avenue. A transmission moments later from the NYPD dispatcher stated that the suspects “hung out by Sedgwick Avenue.”
In an EMS radio transmission, a dispatcher asked a paramedic, “Where is the patient shot,” when the female paramedic responded, “The chest.”
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Police recovered at least five shell casings after at least two people were shot along West 238 Street near Broadway on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.—Photo by David Greene
At 5:29 p.m., a police officer halted traffic outside of BJ's on West 238 Street as police provided an escort for at least two ambulances who sped across West 238 Street towards Saint Barnabas Hospital.
“Felix,” a resident of the area, recalled coming out of the Bronx Ale House on West 238 Street when the gunfire erupted, stating, “There were like four or five kids that were running this way, west, and they shot one right there. One of them got shot in the back and the other teen got shot in one of the legs.”
Felix said that the teens who chased the victims down and shot Redding in the back were not even 18 years old.
Felix produced a photo showing police rendering aid to the young victim who was rushed to the hospital. Felix added, “They started doing the CPR and everything. He just died there.”
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