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Shootings in Harlem Leave Five Hospitalized
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 22, 2008
Modified Sep 22, 2008
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Published Sep 22, 2008
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The NYPD has provided some details about yesterday's bullet-riddled night in Harlem, which left five individuals recovering from gunshot wounds in four separate incidents that occurred throughout the night.
- At 8:46 p.m., at 304 Lenox Avenue, a 17-year-old Hispanic male was shot in the back, and a 27-year-old black male was shot in the right leg. Both were taken to the Harlem Hospital Center and are listed in stable condition.
- Later, at 9:20 p.m., a 19-year-old black male was shot in the chest at Lenox Avenue and West 126th Street and taken to St. Luke's hospital. He's listed in stable condition.
- Minutes later, a 15 year old black female was shot once in leg at Lenox Avenue & West 127th. She survived but the NYPD did not have any further information on her status.
- To cap off the night, at 1:50 a.m. a black male was shot in the right leg at 255 West 127th Street; he's listed in stable condition.
The NYPD spokesperson says no arrests were made and an investigation is ongoing. The shootings occurred on the same night that a Pennsylvania man was fatally shot in the face while sitting in his car with his girlfriend at Columbus Avenue and West 91st Street.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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