Teen shot on Upper West Side, nearby shootings connected: NYPD
Police are investigating after a trio of shootings on the Upper West Side on Tuesday, including one that saw a school placed on lockdown after an injured victim ran inside. Police say the shootings are all related and connected to gang activity.
“It’s scary because it was right next to us.” High school student
NEW YORK – A teenager ran inside his New York City high school after he was shot a couple blocks away on the Upper West Side, the NYPD said.
The incident reportedly started as a dispute between four or five teen males just before 10 a.m. on the corner of West 68th and Amsterdam.
“There was definitely a lot of commotion.” A man who heard the gunshots
According to police, the 17-year-old was shot multiple times. The suspect then took off.
Police said the teen ran inside his Upper West Side high school after he was shot.
"I looked out my window and people were running from 68th down to 67th, all the way down the street. There was definitely a lot of commotion," a man who heard the gunshots said.
Authorities said the teen ran about two blocks into Martin Luther King Jr. High School where he was apparently a student. The school was placed on lockdown and 911 was called. NYPD provides update on shooting
The NYPD provided an update Tuesday afternoon on the Upper West Side shooting.
"It's scary because it was right next to us, and it wasn't our school thank God," one student said.
Police responded quickly to both scenes.
Police said the teen ran inside his Upper West Side high school after he was shot.
The teen was taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said he is out of surgery. Detectives will speak to him once he recovers a bit.
A suspect, a 19-year-old male, was apprehended in a yellow taxi about one block away from the scene. A firearm was also recovered, police said.
Police said the teen ran inside his Upper West Side high school after he was shot.
According to police, the suspect has three prior arrests – two for narcotic sales this year, and one indictment for a 2021 robbery with a firearm. He is out on bail.
A motive or relation to the shooter is unknown at this time.
The shooting is one of several incidents that happened in northern Manhattan on Tuesday.
Police are also investigating an incident at 125th Street and Madison Avenue in Harlem where a 16-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man were both shot in the leg.
Police say they believe the 16-year-old was the intended target, while the 27-year-old was an innocent bystander.
Investigators believe all of Tuesday's shootings are gang-related.
Another incident of shots fired was reported in East Harlem, but no one was injured.
Police are investigating the incidents as possibly connected.