Bronx shootings: Overnight violence outside deli, playground results in 2 deaths

Saturday, August 1, 2020
SOUNDVIEW, Bronx (WABC) -- Two people were fatally shot in two separate incidents in the Bronx overnight.

A gunman who walked through a crowd of people and fatally shot a 21-year-old man outside a deli in the Bronx is on the run.
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The incident happened around 10:40 p.m. at Randall Ave in Soundview.

Surveillance video shows a suspect seen with a gun wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, white face mask and black sweatpants with white stripes down the side.

Police say the victim was identified as Shaquan Wilson. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

A resident in community said Wilson celebrated a birthday and the birth of a child in the last week.



Another act of violence in the Bronx killed a man in the Eastchester section.
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According to authorities, people were gathered at Eastchester Playground on Burke Avenue when a man walked up to crowd and began shooting.
34-year-old man fatally shot at gathering in Bronx

Police say the 34-year-old man was shot several times with gunshot wounds to the torso and left arm.

The victim was identified as Forest Byrd and transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

No one else was injured in shooting.
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No arrests have been made for both incidents and the investigations remain ongoing.

Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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