A shocking wave of violence hit Midtown Manhattan on Sunday evening, leaving an innocent 17-year-old girl wounded by a stray bullet and a 24-year-old man stabbed in the buttocks—incidents that unfolded just a minute apart and only a couple of blocks from each other.
The gunfire struck around 5:01 p.m. at the corner of 27th Street and Park Avenue in the Rose Hill neighborhood, NYPD officials said. The teen, who wasn’t the intended target, took a bullet to her left shoulder. Sources tell us she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Moments earlier, at 5 p.m., the man suffered his injury nearby on 28th Street and Madison Avenue. Attackers stabbed him in the right buttocks in what police describe as a separate assault.
Both victims ended up at Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, authorities confirmed. Quick medical help likely saved them from worse outcomes in this NYC shooting and stabbing spree.
The chaos erupted right after the Mexican Day Parade wrapped up on 27th Street and Madison Avenue, drawing crowds to the area for the festive event. Police don’t link the violence to the parade, but the timing has residents talking about safety in Midtown.
In a break for investigators, cops have a person of interest in custody tied to the teen’s shooting. Sources say the man faces more than 20 prior arrests, though no charges have dropped yet. The stabbing probe, meanwhile, has no suspects in custody so far.
NYPD detectives are digging deeper into both cases, treating them as unrelated. As news of this Midtown Manhattan shooting spreads, locals hope for quick arrests to restore calm after the parade’s celebrations turned tense.
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