3 dead, 2 wounded in separate shootings in NYC

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
MOTT HAVEN, Bronx (WABC) -- Separate shootings left three people dead and two wounded in New York City within a seven-hour time period Monday night.

A 39-year-old woman was killed and two men injured in an apparent drive by triple shooting in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
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A gunman opened fire on East 137th Street just after 4 p.m. Monday and then sped off in a white BMW, while a man on the sidewalk pointed a gun at the fleeing vehicle and ran after it.

Innocent bystander shot in head, killed in the NYC; 2 others injured


Gloria Ortiz, who was shot in the head, did not appear to be the intended target. The 32-year-old man shot in the back is an alleged gang member.

A few hours later, an Uber delivery man on a scooter was fatally shot in the Kingsbridge Heights section of the Bronx .



The victim, 39-year-old Christian Bueno, was shot in the torso on Sedgwick Avenue at 10 p.m.

Bueno was in possession of drugs at the time he was killed. The motive is unknown.


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About a half hour later, 33-year-old Diquan Orr was fatally shot outside a neighborhood sports bar on Linden Boulevard in St. Albans, Queens.

He was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the hospital.

There have been no arrests.

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