Shocking Video Shows Kids Narrowly Survive Bronx Shooting In Broad Daylight; Suspect’s Photo Released

Shocking Video Shows Kids Narrowly Survive Bronx Shooting In Broad Daylight; Suspect’s Photo Released

KEY POINTS

  • A gunman opened fire in New York City on a 24-year-old man who was standing beside two children
  • The man was shot three times, but neither of the children was hit by any of the bullets
  • The victim's mother said he has no gang affiliations and that the attack could be a case of mistaken identity


New York City police are on the lookout for two men involved in the non-fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man in broad daylight Thursday — which nearly ended with two kids getting shot as well.

Surveillance footage of the incident released to the public by the New York City Police Department's Crime Stoppers division Saturday showed a gun-wielding masked man running toward the victim, identified by the New York Daily News as 24-year-old Hassan Wright, on the sidewalk along Sheridan Avenue in the Bronx at approximately 6:45 p.m.

The masked assailant then discharged his pistol several times at Wright, who was right beside a 10-year-old girl and her 5-year-old little brother, at point-blank range before running away from the scene, the New York Post reported.

Wright was shot three times but was in stable condition, police said. The two young siblings, who were out buying candy at the time of the attack, were not struck by any of the bullets.