Manhunt for gunman in 3 NYC shootings
A NYPD manhunt was underway in New York City on Tuesday for a man wanted for three shootings that left two people dead.
NEW YORK – The NYPD said the same person is responsible for three separate shootings that happened on Monday. The victims in two shootings died while the other shooting wounded an elderly man in a wheelchair, police said.
New York City police are looking for Sundance Oliver, 28, in connection with both shootings.
Cops responded to a playground in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn just after 9:30 a.m. where they found a man who uses a wheelchair shot in the leg, the NYPD said. Detectives believe he was not the shooter's intended target.
A man armed with a gun was trying to rob a woman inside the playground when she fled, police said. The gunman then fired at her and missed, striking the man in the wheelchair instead, the NYPD said.
New York City police are looking for Sundance Oliver (inset) in connection with two shootings that happened on Monday. Dec. 5, 2022. (NYPD/FOX 5 NY)
The wounded man was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
Then at about 2:50 p.m., someone shot and killed a 21-year-old man inside a 6th-floor apartment in a building on St. James Place in Lower Manhattan, the NYPD said. The 21-year-old man died after the shooting.
The third shooting took place just before midnight. A 17-year-old girl was shot inside a NYCHA building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
The suspect has at least 12 prior arrests. He is considered to be armed and dangerous. Man in wheelchair shot
A 96-year-old man who uses a wheelchair was shot in the leg in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, on Monday.
Overall crime in New York City dropped slightly in November compared to a year ago but the number of murders spiked, according to the NYPD's latest statistics.
Murders jumped 20% from November 2021 to November 2022.
The number of overall shooting incidents decreased nearly 33% in November 2022 compared to the same month last year. Suspect identified in connection with shootings
New York City police are looking for Sundance Oliver, 28, in connection with two shootings in Monday. The victim in one shooting died while the other shooting wounded a man in a wheelchair, police said.