Man shot during attempted robbery on Upper West Side

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Monday, August 17, 2020

Upper West Side robbery attempt ends in shootingA 29-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The victim was shot in the hip just before 4:30 a.m. Monday.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A 29-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

The victim was shot in the hip just before 4:30 a.m. Monday.

He went into a nearby deli for help

He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

No arrests were immediately made.

The incident happened after a weekend that saw more than four dozen separate shootings across New York City, at least six of them deadly.

Since Thursday, there have been seven people killed and 52 victims from 50 separate shootings in New York City.

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

You can also submit tips by visiting the CrimeStoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by messaging on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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