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Video Shows Tuesday’s Shootout Near Broadway

May 27, 2021 | 2:15 PM - Updated on June 5, 2022 | 11:31 PM
in CRIME, NEWS
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Police sent out surveillance images and video of two men shooting at each other on 103rd Street and Broadway on Tuesday afternoon. The video of the shootout shows the men darting behind cars as they opened fire, with one of the men on a scooter. No one was reported hit in the shooting.

Yesterday, at 2:20 in the afternoon, these two exchanged gunfire near West 103 & Broadway on the #UWS.

NYC: Help @NYPD24Pct detectives identify the suspects. If you recognize them or have any info about the incident — call @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS.

It’s #YourCityYourCall pic.twitter.com/6aZU39Xtyr

— Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) May 26, 2021

The gunfire occurred around 2:20 on Tuesday in front of 210 West 103rd Street, police said. The men confronted each other and started shooting. Police are unclear about the motive, according to Deputy Inspector Naoki Yaguchi, commanding officer of the 24th precinct. The first man ran south on Broadway, while the other used a scooter to flee west on 103rd.

Individual 1 is described as a dark-skinned-male approximately 18 – 22 years of age, 5’8″ tall, 130 lbs. and was last seen wearing a dark colored sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and dark colored sneakers.
Individual 2 is described as a dark-skinned-male approximately 18 – 22 years of age, 5’9″ tall, 130 lbs. and was last seen wearing a dark colored sweatshirt, dark colored sweatpants with a vertical yellow stripe on the legs and dark colored sneakers.
Anyone with information in 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 Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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Alfonse
Alfonse
2 years ago

It is a bad thing when people have to fear the police. It is a worse things when people don’t have to fear the police.

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Josh
Josh
2 years ago

Amazing no one got hurt. The video shows him shooting blindly just holding the gun over his head and shooting.

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MQue
MQue
2 years ago
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@Josh 98% of criminals dont know how to properly shoot. It really is a miracle no one got shot

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Zanarkand
Zanarkand
2 years ago

The downside of the masks being common is it has emboldened these criminals to do things without fear of getting caught. They can wear a mask and not look suspicious at all.

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UWSer
UWSer
2 years ago

I don’t mean to make light of a horrible situation, but I find it amusing to see a kick scooter as the getaway vehicle.

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Jay
Jay
2 years ago
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@UWSe:

That’s a powered scooter, the battery is in the floor board.

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Nevets K
Nevets K
2 years ago

This is not a result of the cessation of stop and frisk. Nor is it the result of the disbanding of certain undercover police units. Nor is it the result of the police slowdown that began with the BLM protests. Nor is it the result of the end of broken windows policing.
It just…happened!

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Steven
Steven
2 years ago
Reply to  Nevets K

Your living in a fantasy world.
Policing is down = violent crime is up.

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Joey
Joey
2 years ago
Reply to  Nevets K

Possibly if Stop and Frisk was still being utilized an observant police officer might have observed one or both of those individuals acting in a manner that would raise suspicion that he was packing and a stop would have been made, questions as to that individuals actions would have been put forward, and based on the officers observations and to protect himself and the citizenry a frisk would have been made, the firearm discovered, confiscated and the individual arrested. Alas, the great minds of the electorate have relegated a do nothing approach to policing in NYC. You get what you vote for.

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Bill
Bill
2 years ago
Reply to  Joey

Stop and frisk was ended by a federal judge, deeming it unconstitutional. The “voters” had nothing to do with it. When you argue for “bringing back” stop and frisk as it was previously practiced, you are arguing for bringing back a practice that was deemed to violate our constitutional rights.

Increasing crime is indeed a problem, but knee jerk reactions might make us feel good and “smart”, but harrassing innocent people isn’t the way functioning democracies work.

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Nevets K
Nevets K
2 years ago
Reply to  Joey

I don’t know how I could have made my sarcasm more obvious! Clearly, all the factors that I sarcastically stated are not causes ARE causes!

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Joey
Joey
2 years ago
Reply to  Nevets K

Sorry, but that statement is gospel to a lot of New Yorkers

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Ben David
Ben David
2 years ago

Shooting in the middle of the day on Broadway? Welcome to the Upper West Side! And don’t forget to vote for the candidates who want to defund the police and “reallocate” funds.

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Anthony
Anthony
2 years ago

Both of them are to be commended for wearing a mask. Anthony

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Joey
Joey
2 years ago

Just another day in the Wild West.
Still want to defund the police?

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ben
ben
2 years ago

Where’s the “defund the police” crowd at now?

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Sarah
Sarah
2 years ago

Weren’t there shots near here the day before? I wonder if related.

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William Pearlman
William Pearlman
2 years ago

When you keep electing progressive Democrats. This is what you get. The people have only themselves to blame

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Jacob
Jacob
2 years ago

Where were the violence interrupters???

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Andrew
Andrew
2 years ago

People who criticize the concept of defunding police when a crime occurs within a community that does not have enough APPROPRIATE funding, could not sound less intelligent or capable of problem analysis if their lives depended on it. The lack of logic expressed is honestly, embarrassing.

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Frustrated
Frustrated
2 years ago
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It is too bad that no matter how much funding is appropriated, the current people who will mismanage it leads to no improvements and more chaos. Look at the Department of Homeless Services and how the Mayor and his “leaders” of those services have performed. First prove people know how to handle money and then give them the funding. For right now, we need funds for the police to help protect us and decrease crime, then build a foundation with proper accredited proven leaders to handle additional funding. Let’s get things under control and build from there.

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Bonny
Bonny
2 years ago

Shooter on a scooter. Life in NYC is getting more bizarre by the day.

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ST
ST
2 years ago

Time to bring back stop and frisk.

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JustSayin
JustSayin
2 years ago

Probably gang bs. Last summer, the 104th area east of there was hot with this stuff. I can’t find the article, but there was a pattern of a shooting near 104, then one in the low 90s. The same pattern repeated three times in a row.

Been going on for a few years:
https://www.westsiderag.com/2019/01/17/nypd-increases-uws-patrols-to-combat-gang-animosity-following-homicide

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davidaron60
davidaron60
2 years ago
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That’s exactly what I was thinking when I saw the video. Looks street gang related. The astroturfing on this site is incredible. Not downplaying this problem at all. Let’s help The 24th Pct.find these guys.

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Brandon
Brandon
2 years ago
Reply to  davidaron60

Astroturfing for what interest group/position?

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davidaron60
davidaron60
2 years ago
Reply to  Brandon

It’s a societal problem caused mostly by deep inequalities. Our current neoliberal politics, including the astroturfing on both sides do nothing to address this major issue.

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bruce reznick
bruce reznick
2 years ago

People on the upper west side need to understand that the city has changed. This shooting is just one of many around the city. Popular liberal folklore about crime and safety is not different than thoughtless conservative folklore about law and order. The reality is that the street’s are more dangerous and deadly violence could break out at any time. The question is how aware must one be and what can be done…. Balancing police reform with public safety is tricky… and living in real time with the spectre of life or death incidents even more so.

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biffmeister
biffmeister
2 years ago

If you want law and order restored to NYC, stop electing Democrats, for Gods sake! How bad do things need to get before people open their eyes and deal with reality? Wokeness is destroying neighborhoods, not bad policing.

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Jen
Jen
2 years ago
Reply to  biffmeister

Not voting is a problem too. De Blasio got elected because 84% of nyc population didn’t bother to vote.

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jimbo
jimbo
2 years ago

Just to be clear it is STOP,QUESTION,IF NECESSARY FRISK AND IF NECESSSARY SEARCH.As a former NYPD POLICE OFFICER cops could care less that this was taken off the books.
The average citizen should REALLY be concerned. It was for YOUR SAFETY.

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Anita
Anita
2 years ago

Gotta get rid of guns. The only solution. Stop the gun manufacturers.

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NYCer
NYCer
2 years ago

So police would have stopped this. Dems or Rep riiiiight. LOL Cmon people you really think that? This has been going on forever just not reported as much. Oh and don’t forget murder by other means which is rarely reported-Shooting is a simpleton method. Communities know who these people are and they need to weed these people out and hand them over over to police to do their job. There is no peace officer savior. We need to work together.

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Dani
Dani
2 years ago

I’m actually going to be moving to the city soon and I was considering the UWS to live in, but now I’m wondering if I should reconsider. Is this kind of behavior typical for this neighborhood?

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TomF
TomF
2 years ago
Reply to  Dani

The reason this incident is newsworthy is that it is atypical of the neighborhood. Escalating gun violence is a nationwide plague that affects all US cities, including New York, though to a lesser degree than Chicago and other urban areas, and affects the UWS to a lesser degree than other NYC neighborhoods. As one who’s lived here for nearly 50 years, I’d suggest you weigh the many benefits against the risks.

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Boris
Boris
2 years ago
Reply to  Dani

You mean the constant whining and jumping to illogical conclusions without having the facts? That will always characterize the UWS.

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Phoebe
Phoebe
2 years ago

Aw jeez. I just commented bc I thought this was video from the Times Square incident. Another one? Oh no…

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jimbo
jimbo
2 years ago

Dani,
Please come to the UWS. It’s a great area. I’ve lived here my whole life. You will love it.
Good Luck—JIMBO G

P.S. There are morons in every nabe.

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bystander
bystander
2 years ago

So discussing how police funding should be allocated caused this? Because the NYPD has not been defunded in any way shape or form. Looks more like yet another failure of policing.

And “stop and frisk” was never shown to be a crime deterrent, just license for NYPD to harass law abiding citizens.

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NYYGirl
NYYGirl
2 years ago

I was sitting by an open window and I heard this. My partner was in the other room and did not hear it. Was close to leaving to pick up the back-in-school kid. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing in broad daylight on a weekday afternoon, and I grew up on this block decades ago. Told myself it was firecrackers but I feared otherwise, borne out by an almost immediate NYPD car screaming east on 104th towards Amsterdam, followed shortly by another. Thankful (and frankly surprised) that nobody got hit. I heard a LOT of shots, in two parts with a short pause in between. Scary.

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