1 killed, 4 injured in Bronx drive-by shooting outside smoke shop, NYPD says
A man was killed and four others injured Monday evening in what police said was a drive-by shooting on a Bronx street — the latest incident in a spate of gun violence in the borough.
NYPD officials said the shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. in front of a smoke shop on Allerton and Olinville avenues in Allerton. A gray Honda pulled up to the location, and two people got out and opened fire before getting back into the car and fleeing the scene, according to officials.
Police said five people were struck, including 24-year-old Wakefield resident Jamari Henry, who was taken to Jacobi Hospital and pronounced dead. The others were a 21-year-old man and 25-year-old man who were shot in their arms, and two 27-year-old men who were shot in their legs.
Officials said the suspects crashed their car near the intersection of Arnow and Hone avenues, less than a mile from the shooting site, and officers took five people into custody. One of the suspects, a 24-year-old man, was injured and hospitalized in critical condition from the collision, according to the NYPD.
Charges for all five suspects were pending early Tuesday, and police said they were still investigating whom the shooters were targeting and why.
Officials said they were also investigating another fatal Bronx shooting after 21-year-old Mount Hope resident Jontay Davis showed up outside St. Barnabas Hospital in Belmont with a gunshot wound to his head around 2 a.m. Tuesday. He was admitted to the hospital and pronounced dead. There were no immediate arrests in the case.
The shootings happened about a week after one person was killed and four others were injured
In late July,
In response to the recent shootings, Mayor Eric Adams said last week he would
This is a developing story based on preliminary information from police and has been updated.
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