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Wakefield: Police Search for Seven Gunmen who Fired 18 Rounds at 15-Year-Old Boy

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By SÍLE MOLONEY
THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this photo who, they say, is one of seven sought in connection with an attempted murder that occurred at 717 St. Ouen Street in the Wakefield section of The Bronx on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. 
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photos who the department says are sought in connection with an attempted murder that occurred in the Wakefield section of The Bronx.

 

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this photo who, they say, is one of seven sought in connection with an attempted murder that occurred at 717 St. Ouen Street in the Wakefield section of The Bronx on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. 
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Police said that on Sunday, October 6, at around 8.30 p.m. in front of 717 St. Ouen Street, a 15-year-old male victim was approached by seven unidentified people who all displayed guns and fired eighteen rounds, missing the victim.

 

They said the group then fled the location on foot, traveling eastbound along St. Ouen Street. They said the victim was not injured during the shoot-out.

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this photo who, they say, is one of seven sought in connection with an attempted murder that occurred at 717 St. Ouen Street in the Wakefield section of The Bronx on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. 
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Anyone with information regarding 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

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