2 gunmen rode scooters, parked them, before shooting 6 men under scaffolding in the Bronx
FORDHAM, Bronx (WABC) -- An active manhunt is underway to find the gunmen who shot six men in the Bronx.
Police say two gunmen were on a scooter, parked it in St. James Park, went up a flight of stairs, and then fired nine rounds at the group of men under the scaffolding on 191st Street and Morris Avenue.
It happened around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday in the Fordham section.
Five of the six men are in their 20s and one man is in his early 30s.
Each victim was shot in a different part of their body and they are all recovering at local hospitals where all of the men are expected to survive.
All of the victims have criminal records and none are from the neighborhood, police say.
Police obtained a photo of the suspected gunmen riding off on their moped.
The motive for the shooting is preliminarily drug-related, based on prior narcotics activity at the scene.
Ten .9 mm shell casings and one bullet fragment were recovered.
According to NYPD data, in the 52nd Precinct, there have been 13 shooting incidents compared to 10 at the same time last year.
Neighbors who heard the shots said it's unnerving, but not surprising. They believe their street corner has been dangerous for months.
"Every single day we have something. So I don't know what's going on," an unidentified resident said.
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