An outbreak of gun violence erupted over an eight-hour span Monday in the Bronx, where four separate shootings left two people dead, and another two injured, including an Amazon delivery driver.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 11:08AMAnti- gun violence advocates and community members are expected to gather Wednesday night after another round of gun violence in New York City. They will hold a vigil at Haffen Park, where a shooting claimed the life of one person and injured several others.
An outbreak of gun violence erupted, where four separate shootings left two people dead, and another two injured, including an Amazon delivery worker. That worker, a 31-year-old man, was caught in a crossfire when two individuals began shooting at each other at the corner of Bryant Avenue and East Tremont Avenue in the West Farms section just after 2:30 p.m. A neighbor said she heard two gunshots, followed by five. She says the scary part is that the shooting happened during the time of day when kids would be getting out of school in just a few days. There's an elementary school right across the street -- P.S. 6. The victim, who police believe was not the intended target, was shot in the ankle while sitting in his truck. "He's working. Doing his business and not involved, and gets put into something he had nothing to do with," said a neighbor named Ellie."Our team is working with the driver's employer to support them however we can, and cooperating with law enforcement as they investigate," Amazon said in a statement. The driver works for a logistics company, Logistics Xpress, contracted by Amazon. Eyewitness News spoke with his manager, who came right to the scene when he heard what happened. It was the third shooting in the Bronx on Monday, coming after two deadly shootings earlier in the day.at 1853 Anthony Ave. in the Tremont section.Several hours later around 1:10 p.m., a 34-year-old man, identified as Kelvin Mosquea was found with a gunshot wound to his torso in front of 710 Croes Ave. in the Soundview section. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, were he was pronounced dead. A fourth shooting happened outside of 2216 Adams Pl. in the Belmont section, where a 26-year-old man suffered two gunshot wounds to his leg. He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.Police arrested and charged four gunmen for allegedly opening fire at a basketball tournament at Haffen Park on Saturday.and remains in critical condition with a bullet lodged behind her eye. Hospitals in Bronx have been very busy treating shooting victims this month, despite a citywide drop in gun violence in July, and assurances from state and city leaders that the NYPD doesn't need help right now from the National Guard. "I don't see the need for it, at all. We are doing an amazing job," Mayor Eric Adams said. "We know what to do here, and we will continue to do that."President Donald Trump has threatened to send National Guard troops, as he has in Washington, D.C., into other cities with Democratic governors and mayors.there's no need for them hereA day later, Governor Kathy Hochul defended her deployments of New York National Guard troops into the subway to beef up public safety visibility, and said"I said, 'Mr. President, I can give you all the data you need to show that crime is down. It's working. Our policies are working. NYPD is doing their job,'" Hochul said.
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