One man is dead, a 17-year-old girl is clinging to life and three other people were wounded in a mass shooting near a Bronx park, cops said Sunday.
A basketball tournament was underway in the park when shots rang out late Saturday, CBS News New York reported.
Cops responded to 911 calls for multiple gunshots fired at Haffen Park near Wickham and Burke Aves. in Baychester, where 32-year-old Jaceil Banks was shot in the chest and a 17-year-old girl was shot in the face about 7:25 p.m.
Medics rushed both victims to Jacobi Medical Center, where Banks died and the teen was in critical condition.
Banks lived near Yankee Stadium, about six miles away from where he was shot, according to police.
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, both shot in the back at the park, showed up at the same hospital by private means. They were in stable condition.
And a 42-year-old man shot in his right arm wet to Montefiore Medical Center by private means and is expected to recover.
Four people were taken into custody in connection with the shooting — all charged with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon. They were identified Sunday night as two teenaged boys, one 16, the other 17, along with Daeven Reyes, 20, and Robert Royal, 25.
Multiple firearms were recovered from the scene, cops said.
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A basketball tournament was underway in the park when shots rang out late Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Just a couple of hours earlier, a 24-year-old man was blasted twice in the chest about two miles away across the street from the Gun Hill Road subway station at White Plains Rd. and E. 211th St.
Medics transported the victim to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition.
A man shot in the left thigh during the same incident made it to the same hospital by private means and was in stable conditon.
No arrests have been made in that shooting.
Cops are looking for a man sporting dreadlocks wearing a purple hoodie, gray shorts and Crocks, according to a police source.
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Police investigate Sunday after a 24-year-old man was shot across the street from the Gun Hill Road subway station at White Plains Rd. and E. 211th St. in the Bronx. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
The bloodshed comes just a day after four teenagers between the ages of 13 and 15 were wounded in a shooting on Tratman Ave. near St. Peters Ave., down the block from the Pearly Gates playground in Westchester Square,
A 13-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl were each struck in the left leg, a 14-year-old boy was grazed in the foot by a bullet and a 15-year-old boy was grazed in both legs about 4 p.m. on Friday, according to police.
Medics took all four victims to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition.
“There were are at least five shots,” said witness Victor Carrion, 61. “People were running away. I saw the girl on the floor. She was crying. She’d been shot in the left leg, and she was bleeding heavily. The other kids who were shot ran down the street.”
There have been no arrests, cops said. Investigators are looking for two shooters, who, like the victims, are also teenagers, according to a police source.
Shootings and homicides are down citywide, including in the Bronx, compared to last year, although it remains elevated in the Bronx compared to other boroughs, NYPD statistics show.
This year through Aug. 17 there have been 64 murders in the Bronx compared to 75 by the same point last year, a 17% drop. The borough has seen 202 shooting victims this year through that date, down from 268 in the same time frame in 2024, a 25% drop.
Those numbers account for about a third of murders and almost 40% of shooting victims citywide, according to police statistics.
Anyone with information on the Haffen Park shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Originally Published: August 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM EDT
