The residents of a luxurious Manhattan high-rise apartment are living in fear after a mystery gunman began randomly shooting into their windows.
Two windows of separate apartments at the Upper East Side complex were pierced by bullets from across the water on Roosevelt Island within 24 hours of each other.
One tenant who lives on the 14th floor of One River East woke up on Friday morning to find their living room completely covered in glass.
On the floor was a .38-caliber bullet that authorities believe was most likely fired from a Smith & Wesson handgun.
The residents of luxurious Manhattan high-rise apartment One River East (pictured) are living in fear after a mystery gunman began randomly shooting into their windows last week
Just hours later, the window of another apartment on the 32nd floor of the 50-story building was struck by a bullet around 1.15am.
Neither tenant were injured by the bullets, which shattered their living room windows.
‘They were lucky they weren’t up late watching television,’ a law enforcement source told the New York Post.
The shootings have terrified the residents of One River East, where two-bedroom apartments can rent for more than $7,000 a month.
Two windows of separate apartments (pictured in file photo) at the complex were pierced by bullets from across the water on Roosevelt Island within 24 hours of each other
The incidents have terrified the residents of One River East, where two-bedroom apartments can rent for more than $7,000 a month. Pictured is the swanky high-rise’s pool
Ilene Epstein, whose apartment on the 22nd floor faces the river, said she was ‘petrified for my life’.
‘I moved into this apartment because of the river. I have beautiful views. But I’ll move out of my building before I walk around with a bulletproof vest.’
‘I’m paying close to $10,000 a month in rent so I can use the fitness center and be shot in the head in my apartment,’ another resident said.
Authorities were baffled by the shootings until they discovered that the second apartment was hit at the same time two 911 calls were placed on Roosevelt Island.
Authorities have discovered that the gunshots are coming from Manhattan Park (pictured), a complex on the island 1,400 feet away and directly across from One River East
Two overnight workers heard gunshots coming from Manhattan Park, a complex on the island 1,400 feet away and directly across from One River East.
Officers found that the two living room windows that were hit were clearly visible from the building, where two-bedroom apartments rent for around $3,000 a month.
Authorities believe the gunman could be someone ‘standing on a balcony, shooting across the river’, an NYPD source revealed.
A spokesman for Manhattan Park said management is cooperating with the investigation.