4 shot, 2 fatally, in 7-hour, broad-daylight stretch of violence in the Bronx: cops

Four men were shot – two of them fatally – during a violent seven-hour, broad-daylight stretch in the Bronx Tuesday, cops said. 

The mayhem began around 8:10 a.m. when a 32-year-old man was shot in the back outside an apartment building on Anthony Avenue near Mount Hope Place, cops said.

He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, authorities said.

The motive for the deadly shooting is unclear. 

Surveillance footage released by the NYPD hours later captures the still-at-large suspect pacing around in the lobby with his hood pulled up over his head before vanishing from view.

He is described as about 50 years old with a dark complexion and medium build, and was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black pants, and blue sneakers.

The violence continued around 1:10 p.m. outside a public housing building on Croes Avenue near Seward Avenue, part of NYCHA’s Sack Wern development, cops said.

A 34-year-old man was shot once in the chest, and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he too was pronounced dead, cops said. 

Two male suspects fled on foot, heading north on Croes Avenue. 

One was last seen wearing a black or gray hoodie, black pants, and black Jordan sneakers, police sources said.

The second wore a gray hoodie, black pants and a gray and red backpack with a shark mouth graphic at the bottom.

The motive for the violence is unclear, but sources described the victim as a gang member with almost 40 arrests on his record. 

Then around 2:35 p.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in the ankle at East Tremont and Bryant avenues in the West Farms neighborhood, police said. 

He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

Two male perpetrators fled the scene after the bullets flew, one wearing all black, cops and sources said. 

About an hour later, around 3:30 p.m., a 26-year-old man was blasted multiple times in the leg on Adams Place near East 182nd Street in Belmont, authorities said. 

He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was also listed in stable condition. 

The suspect, last seen wearing a green hoodie and gray sweatpants, fled the scene, sources said. 

The motives for the later pair of shootings also remain under investigation. 

The flurry of gunfire follows a violent weekend in the northernmost borough – notably including the wild Saturday shooting battle that left a 17-year-old girl, an innocent bystander, in critical condition, killed a 32-year-old man, and injured three others inside Haffen Park, according to authorities.

Two young men and two teen boys, 16 and 17, all face murder charges in that case. 

However, the latest NYPD statistics reveal a decline in both murders and shootings so far this year in the Bronx.

As of Sunday, 67 murders had been reported in the Bronx – about a 15 percent decline from the 79 tallied during the same period in 2024. 

And during the same period, 178 shootings with 215 victims were reported in the borough, down from 220 incidents with 281 victims last year, the statistics show.