Manhunt is underway after a gunfight in Harlem leaves a 27-year-old dead and two others injured

Manhunt is underway after a gunfight in Harlem leaves a 27-year-old dead and two others injured

  • Three men were shot in a gunfight in Harlem on Thursday afternoon, leaving one dead and two others injured
  • The shooting happened at around 2pm at 135th Street and Riverside Drive
  • One man, 27, was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest but died soon afterwards
  • A second man was shot in the chest and leg while a third was hit in the leg
  • Both men ended up in St. Luke Hospital and are both expected to survive

One person died and two others were injured in a gunfight in Harlem on Thursday afternoon.

A 27-year-old man was shot multiple times at 135th Street and Riverside Drive around 2pm. He later died from his injuries after being wounded in the torso and legs. 

A second man, also 27, was shot in the torso but is expected to survive, police said. 

Three men were shot in a gunfight in Harlem on Thursday afternoon, leaving one dead and two others injured. Police are pictured on the scene in the moments after the shooting

The shooting happened at around 2pm at 135th Street and Riverside Drive, pictured

The shooting happened at around 2pm at 135th Street and Riverside Drive, pictured

One man, 27, was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest but died soon afterwards

One man, 27, was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest but died soon afterwards

A third man, 26, was also shot several times. He is expected to survive.  

Police say the shooter was last seen fleeing the scene wearing all-black clothing. 

A second men was shot in the chest and leg while a third was hit in the leg

A second men was shot in the chest and leg while a third was hit in the leg

Police say the shooting began with a dispute in the street after a car was parked diagonally across the road. 

‘There were four shots, and there were two bodies down, one on either side of the car,’ witness Craig Canty, 20 told the New York Daily News. ‘It was crazy. It was like they were shooting a movie. Everybody was running.’ 

The motive for the shooting was not immediately known, and no arrests have yet been made. 

Both men ended up in St. Luke Hospital and are both expected to survive

Both men ended up in St. Luke Hospital and are both expected to survive



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