By Gus Saltonstall
A man was shot Tuesday morning on the Upper West Side, a police spokesperson confirmed to West Side Rag.
The 32-year-old man was shot in the left foot around 11 a.m. near West 103rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, police said.
The man was rushed to Mount Sinai West in stable condition, the spokesperson added.
There has been no arrest, according to police.
NYPD did not provide information as of 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. about what might have led up to the shooting, or any information on a suspect.
On April 9, a man was shot and killed on West 104th Street, between Columbus and Manhattan avenues. There is no indication the two shootings are connected to one another.
This is a developing story, please check back in for details.
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Two shootings in two weeks on the same block. Tremendous.
Please – we need more visible police presence here.
These couple of blocks are not very safe. There are a lot of sketchy people that frequent this area creating problems and using drugs.
I often wonder if the people asking for a larger police presence are the same ones who voted for a Mayor that vowed to reduce the police presence.
Who would want to be a NYPD Cop under this Administration?
There used to be a NYPD car parked almost all the time at Columbus at 104th though I haven’t seen it in a while.
Please. Those parked police cars are a joke. There’s one that sits on Amsterdam between 103 and 102 all the time with its lights flashing. Meanwhile the resident drug dealer on the corner of 103 and Amsterdam just steps onto 103, just out of sight, to make his deals. The cops need to get out of the cars and start foot patrols. Sitting in the car playing on their phones is not helping.
I think you may be focusing on the wrong problem. If the policeman arrests the drug dealer, will anything happen to him/her? I don’t think drug dealers see locked up on this administration. I think re-elected DA Bragg has been clear on his focus. And actually I suspect the officer could get in trouble when watch dog stats reveal the race of # of people arrested vs someone else. Like, why not apply the same attention to other neighborhoods where drugs are also sold? What is in it for this policeman? Now, if he/she sees someone getting shot, then perhaps he has a chance to arrest them and do something. I don’t think drug dealing is a crime anymore.
i live on 102nd and heard the shots, there were 4-6 at least. crazy…
Article says: “On April 9, a man was shot and killed on West 104th Street, between Columbus and Manhattan avenues. There is no indication the two shootings are connected to one another.”
It could have said: There is no indication the two shootings are not connected to on another.
The Greatest Detectives in the World will sort it out.
It has been blatantly obvious that an operation is going on at 103rd and Amsterdam that continues to be ignored. There are constant “look outs” surrounding the area and at all times someone standing on the corner waiting for “business”. It’s a shame two of my favorite local restaurants happen to be in that exact location dealing with this. I have watched first hand what goes down there while sitting and eating.
Have no fear. Come August 25th the NYPD will hold a Big Press Conference announng that after a year long investigation…..
Yes, we all heard all about this shooting.
Once again, “news” helicopters hovered overhead for nearly an hour—long enough to cover an entire noon broadcast cycle.
This isn’t journalism. It’s noise.
There is absolutely nothing being captured from the air that couldn’t be reported from the street. What is being delivered is relentless, unnecessary noise that spikes stress, disrupts daily life, and leaves entire neighborhoods feeling harassed and on edge.
All of this—for negligible public value.
Let’s be clear: this is a policy failure. New York still allows outdated, louder Stage 2 helicopters to keep flying until they’re replaced—or until December 2029. That is unacceptable. Residents are expected to endure thousands of daily helicopter flights—around 9,000 by some estimates—with no meaningful relief, while news choppers linger overhead for extended periods with zero accountability.
Enough.
Noise pollution is not a minor inconvenience; it’s a public health issue. The technology to reduce it already exists. The only thing missing is the will to act.
Councilmembers Sean Abreu and Gale Brewer: accelerate the transition to Stage 3 helicopters (and newer technologies) and impose enforceable limits on prolonged hovering over residential neighborhoods. Stop treating this like a distant problem. It’s happening now, every day, over our heads.
Do something about it.
Nice AI-written comment!
I’ll add to this: I live on an avenue. I’d like to see all large cars and trucks that pollute our environment with constant honking and revving of engines to be banned as well.
Thank you!
Why are cars always expreed as large and trucks as revving? How electric cars — they are quite a number of them on the streets now. ?
But, yes, we should include ambulance sirens which seems to me to be at least double the volume of fire trucks. Why is this? It ios truely problematic, especially because 2 or 3 ambulances respond to the same call each time in a md-dash scramble for the injured. (ever heard of ambulance chasers? it’s real)
If only you were half as concerned with the crime going on.
Join Stop the Chop, a vigorous advocacy group working to reduce helicopter flights and noise !
I don’t like the noise, but from the helicopter you do get an unobstructed view of the scene. You wouldn’t expect the police to let camera crews wander around while they’re still investigating.
103rd and Amsterdam is an episode of the “The Wire.” Dope boys standing on the corners, boss sitting in an SUV, users from the shelter and highrises. Nothing changes. It’s all in the game, yo.
You do all realize that our precinct headcount was diminished due to the new recruits were taken away and given to Transit for the “very safe” subways. And Mayor Mamdani has decided to cancel the planned increase in NYPD officers: “Under Adams’ proposal, the NYPD would have added 300 officers in July 2026, grown to 2,500 by July 2027, and ultimately increased to 5,000 additional officers annually by July 2028.” That was all cut in February.
So if you would like more officers in our neighborhood, maybe speak up to your elected officials and complain that you want more officers in our precinct, if they will come.
Or better replace the elected officials.
There’s already plenty of police in the neighborhood. Want proof, look at the damn parking lot that is 100th St. They just couldn’t be bothered to patrol, or are in on the take.
Just a few blocks from the precinct house on 100th.
The Left really needs to decide how it feels about cops.
What happened to the violence interrupters and social workers rushing to the scene?
The Lefties will blame this on lax gun laws. How ridiculous. NY already has pretty strict gun laws, which no matter how strict, will not prevent criminals from getting guns. But then there’s the obvious: Lax prosecution of criminals in Leftie cities, like DA Alvin Bragg. But the Lefties never want to see the obvious.
Facts are racist