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Three Fatal NYC Weekend Shootings Leave Communities Reeling

Separate incidents in Harlem, Brooklyn, and the Bronx highlight ongoing concerns over stray bullets, gang violence, and youth-involved crimes.

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The block near Home Street and Tinton Avenue in Morrisania where officials say Evette Jeffrey was killed.
An NYPD vehicle is parked in Harlem in 2018.
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Overview

  • Three people were killed in separate shootings over the weekend in Harlem, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including one incident behind an NYPD precinct in Harlem.
  • A 14-year-old and a 13-year-old have been arrested in connection with the Bronx schoolyard killing of 16-year-old Evette Jeffrey, who was struck by a stray bullet during a gang-related altercation.
  • Kevin Jennings, 57, was fatally struck by a stray bullet while sitting on his walker in Fordham Heights, Bronx; a 34-year-old woman was also wounded in the incident.
  • In East New York, Brooklyn, 18-year-old Zanir Childs was killed and an 18-year-old woman injured in a shooting near a playground.
  • Despite these incidents, year-to-date crime data shows significant declines in shootings and homicides across the affected precincts, according to NYPD reports.