A man died and four other people were injured when the shots exploded on Saturday night in a New York city park where a large crowd had gathered for a basketball tournament, according to the police.
The shots exploded around 7:27 pm when multiple shooters opened fire inside the Haffen Park in the Bronx, which caused the crowd to the hand to be dispersed and look for coverage, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).
The officers responded to the Park in the Baychester neighborhood of the Bronx after the people who call 911 reported that several people had shot, according to a statement from the New York police.
New York City Police collected evidence in Haffen Park at Bronx, on August 23, 2025, after a shooting left a dead man and four other injured people, authorities said.
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New York ABC City Station Wabc He informed that the shooting occurred when a crowd had met for a youth basketball tournament.
Upon arrival at the park, the officers found a 32 -year -old man who had shot in the chest and a 17 -year -old girl who had shot in his face, according to the police statement.
Both victims were taken to the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where the male victim was declared dead, police said. The injured adolescent was included in critical condition from Sunday, according to the police.
The New York City Police seeks evidence, August 24, 2025, after a shooting in Haffen Park at Bronx left a dead man and four injured people.
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Three other victims wounded in the park shooting appeared in hospitals in private vehicles, including a 30 -year -old man and a 29 -year -old woman, who were shot in the back and appeared in a stable state, police said Sunday morning. A 42 -year -old man also was shot in the arm during the incident and was taken by a private vehicle to the Montefiore hospital in the Bronx, where he was in stable condition on Sunday.
Police said they are holding the name of the man who was killed awaiting a notification of his family.
At least four people were arrested for questioning shortly after the shooting, according to the police, who has not said if these people have been accused in relation to the incident.
A reason for the shooting remains under investigation, according to the police, which asks anyone who has witnessed the shooting to contact the detectives immediately.
Saturday’s shooting marked the second consecutive weekend that the New York police responded to a mass shooting.
Three men were killed and 11 people were injured during an incident of August 17 in which multiple shooters opened fire inside the Taste of the City Lounge, a bar and a restaurant in the Crown Height Height neighborhood in Brooklyn. Police said that two of the three murdered people were involved in the shooting and that a man who received a fatally shot was a spectator not involved.
Two other perpetrators who supposedly opened fire inside the room remain in general, authorities said. The New York police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, said investigators have determined that the shooting in the room was related to gang.
The shootings occurred as the most recent New York Police Crimes Statistics Homicides show throughout the city has decreased by 19.6% so far this year compared to the same period of year to date in 2024. The data also show that the number of shooting victims has dropped 19.4% this year compared to 2024, and the number of shooting incidents has decreased by almost 20% during the same period compared to last year.
