Police are looking for a gunman who fired several shots on Decatur Avenue in Bedford Park, apparently striking the front window of an apartment building.
The NYPD confirmed that officers responded to a 911 call on Saturday, July 24, at approximately 4 a.m. following a complaint regarding shots fired in the rear yard of a two-family home located at 2850 Decatur Avenue, in the 52nd precinct, and carried out an investigation.
No arrests were made following the incident and the investigation is ongoing. Police said no ballistics were recovered from the location.
Norwood News located a resident in the apartment building next door at 2860 Decatur Avenue whose window was seemingly hit by a bullet at the same time and on the same date as the incident was reported at 2850 Decatur Avenue. The resident said police were unable to locate the bullet.
When questioned about the second location, a police official confirmed they had no complaint on file for 2860 Decatur Avenue.
Anyone with information with regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.