One dead, three shot in overnight NYC violence
A woman was found dead and a “person of interest” has been taken into custody in the Bronx, police said.
The victim’s battered body was found at 240 West 167th Street in HIghbridge, just after 10 p.m. Friday night.
The 38-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
An investigation remains ongoing, and the city medical examiner’s office is expected to determine the cause of death, authorities said.
Three people were also hurt in two separate shootings in Queens and The Bronx overnight, police said.
In the latest bloodshed, two men, ages 41 and 33, were each struck in the leg by bullets after gunfire broke out around 3:30 a.m. Saturday inside the Anemos event space, at 41-15 34th Avenue in Astoria, cops said.
A 27-year-old woman suffered two broken legs after she was trampled by frightened patrons racing for the exits, authorities said.
The victims, who were taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition, both “heard a shot and felt pain,” a police spokesman said.
There have been no arrests.
In the Bronx, a woman was shot in the left arm on Sheridan Avenue and East 166th Street at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.
The “highly uncooperative” victim was brought to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, cops said. There have been no arrests.
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