NYC teen, mom shot inside laundromat during apparently targeted attack

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-22 · by Joe Marino, Amanda Woods

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On Monday evening, a 17-year-old boy and his 37-year-old mother were shot inside Astor Laundromat in Allerton, The Bronx. Both victims suffered gunshot wounds to their right legs and are currently in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center. Law enforcement believes the shooting was targeted but the motive remains unclear. The suspect is a man in his 20s, approximately 5-foot-6, who fled after the attack and had not been apprehended as of Tuesday.
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On Monday evening, a 17-year-old teen and his 37-year-old mother were shot inside the Astor Laundromat on Astor Avenue near Holland Avenue in Allerton, The Bronx. Police described it as an apparently targeted attack; both victims sustained gunshot wounds to their right legs but are now listed in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center. Law enforcement believes the shooter aimed specifically for the mother and son, though the motive remains unclear. A man, believed to be in his 20s and approximately 5-foot-6 inches tall, fled the scene after firing shots; he had not been apprehended by Tuesday.

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Amanda Woods
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🔮 The city medical examiner’s office will officially determine the cause of death.
🔮 He was knifed in his neck and the leg, and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is expected to survive, according to sources and the FDNY. Two male suspects, believed to be Hispanic, quickly took off on their e-bikes, the sources said. It was not immediately clear what, if anything, was stolen, according to the sources.
🔮 The city medical examiner will determine the cause of death, according to police.
🔮 She left and came to live by me, but she would come back [to him].”
🔮 A distraught teen precariously perched himself on the ledge of the Williamsburg Bridge and looked to jump off it, before heroic NYPD cops hoisted him to safety, harrowing video shows.
🔮 “In just two days, the City Council will hold a hearing on e-bikes,” the advocates added.
🔮 “I feel it is important to point out that the Rabbi is very resilient and accepts everything that has befallen him as the will of G-d, and he plans to officiate normally during the upcoming holiday, albeit with the physical limitations imposed on him by his shoulder injury,” Herbst added.
🔮 The strange shenanigans could end up shedding light on the motivations of mysterious “mole people” spotted popping out of sewers — as Reveron admitted to fishing for gold in the city’s steamy depths, prosecutors said.
🔮 I’m grateful to the NYPD officers who swiftly apprehended the two suspects,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement.
🔮 Cops couldn’t say if he had been patronizing the club.
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🔮 He was knifed in his neck and the leg, and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is expected to survive, according to sources and the FDNY. Two male suspects, believed to be Hispanic, quickly took off on their e-bikes, the sources said. It was not immediately clear what, if anything, was stolen, according to the sources.
🔮 The city medical examiner will determine the cause of death, according to police.
🔮 She left and came to live by me, but she would come back [to him].”
🔮 A distraught teen precariously perched himself on the ledge of the Williamsburg Bridge and looked to jump off it, before heroic NYPD cops hoisted him to safety, harrowing video shows.
🔮 “In just two days, the City Council will hold a hearing on e-bikes,” the advocates added.
🔮 They would buy her artwork in the park,” DeCandido, who goes by “Birding Bob,” told The Post on Monday.
🔮 The strange shenanigans could end up shedding light on the motivations of mysterious “mole people” spotted popping out of sewers — as Reveron admitted to fishing for gold in the city’s steamy depths, prosecutors said.
🔮 Ansariy, a naturalized US citizen who left the Big Apple on a one-way flight to Turkey in May 2016, was nabbed in the country of Georgia Wednesday and flown to JFK Airport in Queens, where a phalanx of FBI and NYPD agents greeted him on the tarmac.
🔮 One unidentified adult couldn’t escape the burning building and was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 31-year-old man plunged from a fourth-floor window, according to authorities and sources.
🔮 A shady trio was spotted emerging from a manhole just steps from the hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to stay during the United Nations General Assembly, cops and sources said.
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Allerton Astor Laundromat Jacobi Medical Center The Bronx

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Allerton GPE · 1× Astor Laundromat ORG · 1× Jacobi Medical Center ORG · 1× The Bronx GPE · 1×

Narrative

A city teen and his mother were shot in a laundromat in what appeared to be a targeted attack Monday evening, cops and law-enforcement sources said.
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2026-09-22 · New York Post
NYC teen, mom shot inside laundromat during apparently targeted attack · assertive framing

Claims (6 extracted, 1 hedged)

A city teen and his mother were shot in a laundromat in what appeared to be a targeted attack Monday evening, cops and law-enforcement sources said. asserted
cops → shoot → laundromat
The boy, 17, and his mom, 37, were both struck in the right leg when the gunman stormed up to them and opened fire at Astor Laundromat on Astor Avenue near Holland Avenue in Allerton in The Bronx, according to police and sources. uncertain
gunman → strike → police
Both victims were taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where they were listed in stable condition, authorities said. asserted
authorities → take → condition
Investigators believe the shooter was aiming for the mother and son, but the motive was not immediately known, sources said. asserted
sources → believe → mother
The gunman is described as a man believed to be in his 20s, standing about 5-foot-6, police said. asserted
police → describe → foot-6
He fled the scene after the burst of gunfire and had not been caught by Tuesday. asserted
He → flee → Tuesday
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