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New York Post
· collected 2026-10-13 · by Larry Celona, David DeTurris
In the Bronx on Monday afternoon, a shooting occurred around 4 p.m., injuring two bystanders including a 1-year-old girl. A bullet fragment hit a parked Honda Civic carrying a teenage girl and baby, causing minor injuries to the infant from shattered glass while the man was wounded in his ankle. Surveillance footage showed a person in black pulling out a gun and shooting across the street before fleeing. Witnesses expressed surprise at the timing and location of the incident, noting its danger to civilians.
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Story summary
On Monday afternoon around 4 p.m., two bystanders, including a 1-year-old girl, were wounded during a shooting on Courtlandt Avenue in Melrose, Bronx. A 32-year-old man was hit in the ankle and taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition. The baby and her teenage sister were in a parked 2023 Honda Civic when glass fragments from shattered windows caused minor injuries to the infant. Emergency services responded immediately. Neither victim is believed to be an intended target. Surveillance footage showed a shadowy figure, likely wearing all black, carrying what appeared to be a gun before shooting occurred, and then fleeing the scene.
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Two innocent bystanders – including a 1-year-old girl – were wounded during a broad daylight shooting in the Bronx Monday afternoon, police said.
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police → include → Bronx
The gunfire erupted in front of 726 Courtlandt Ave. in Melrose around 4 p.m. and struck a 32-year-old man in the ankle, according to the NYPD.
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A bullet fragment also struck a parked 2023 Honda Civic, carrying a teenage girl and baby, and shattered the glass of its window, cops said.
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cops → strike → window
While the 16-year-old girl was unharmed, the glass fragments hit the 1-year-old girl, causing minor injuries, authorities said.
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authorities → hit → injuries
EMS rushed to the scene, taking both victims to Lincoln Hospital, where they are in stable condition.
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they → rush → condition
Neither victim is believed to have been the gunman’s intended target, sources said.
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sources → believe → ?
Dramatic surveillance video obtained from the scene shows the moments before the shooting, as a shadowy figure in all black is seen walking up the block with his hand in their pocket, just in front of the Honda.
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figure → obtain → Honda
The goon then pulls out a gun and appears to be shooting at someone across the street, off-camera, according to the clip.
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It’s unclear if the shooter in the video shatters the Honda’s glass, but he’s seen disappearing into the wind soon after.
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he → ’ → wind
The video’s nail-biting final moments show a man leaving a nearby building to check on the passengers of the Honda Civic, then rushing them inside.
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man → bite → them
Neighbor Just Moore said he was walking home from grocery shopping with his 11-month-old when he stumbled upon the scene of the shooting.
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he → say → shooting
“It’s stuff like this that’s the reason I don’t wear headphones when I’m out with her,” Moore said.
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“You always have to be aware of something that’s going on.”
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that → have → something
The dad wasn’t surprised that a shooting took place in the Bronx, but was surprised it took place in his own neighborhood at that time of day.
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“It’s a dangerous situation in a relatively quiet area in a relatively quiet time of the day,” he said.
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he → ’ → day
Local David Valentin said he was watching TV when he heard between eight to ten gunshots.
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he → say → gunshots
“I said ‘it sounds like a gun, but it’s school time,’” he said, calling the broad daylight shooting “crazy.”
“Whatever person did that, they have to find him and get him off the streets.
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they → say → streets
Because that’s dangerous,” he said.
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he → ’ → ?
Law enforcement sources said the teen and the infant did not know the man who was shot in the ankle.
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who → say → ankle
Cops said no arrests have been made, and an investigation is ongoing.
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