Three Shot in Bronx Over Holiday Weekend
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Three people were shot, two fatally, in a series of Memorial Day weekend shootings in the Bronx.
The first victim, Kenneth Sackey, 42, of Yonkers, was shot in the lobby of a building where he may have been attending a holiday barbecue at 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, officials said. Officials said they found him inside 1749 Grand Concourse in the Tremont section of the Bronx with bullet wounds to his chest and armpit.
He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Less than four hours later, in the Williamsbridge section, police responded to another call of a man shot during an argument. The victim, who was in his 20s, was not identified by police. He was pronounced dead after he was taken to Jacobi Medical Center.
Yesterday afternoon, a third man was shot and injured in the Morris Heights section at approximately 1:30 p.m. Police said he was in critical condition at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. He was not identified.
Police had not arrested suspects in any of the shootings as of yesterday evening.
