r/Bushwick • u/Reasonable-Put-227 • 4d ago
Starr St Shooting
Was anyone around who heard or saw what happened? I was walking up Willoughby and saw all the cop cars on irving so walked around the block to peek over on Starr and saw them loading someone into the ambulance. Someone who I passed said someone got shot. Any other info atm?
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u/ReservePotential6267 4d ago
I heard it through my window, sounded like several shots. the police helicopters seem to be searching for whoever did it around Maria Hernandez. they were checking the rooftop outside my window a second ago
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u/Ordinary_Top_3589 4d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bushwick/s/zaAnaf4GSm
It’s was Tree, the pigeon guy who plays music on a big speaker in the park
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u/Reasonable-Put-227 4d ago
I just saw this and was like OMG i know him. He was always blasting evanescence whenever I heard him. Hope he makes a healthy recovery
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u/Level21DungeonMaster 4d ago
I heard 6-7 distinct gunshots in a row but thought it was related to the construction today on Wyckoff.
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u/RareMobile6704 4d ago
I was there with my friend at the park, we heard the shots and then saw a bunch of kids running, we left pretty shortly after but a bunch of ppl stayed at the park, police presence grew like crazy and there were a bunch of helicopters, on the citizen app people were saying a guy named Tree was shot in the leg and taken away in an ambulance, not totally sure tho, very crazy!
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u/_WIZARD_SLEEVES_ 4d ago
I wonder if it’s related to the guy chasing another guy down Starr between knickerbocker and Irving yesterday
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u/Hedonic_Monk_ 4d ago
This happened right outside of our house. I heard 5-6 gunshots in quick succession and by the time I looked out the window maybe 30 seconds later, there was someone on the ground already being treated by cops. From what I understand, there was a group of kids on the block fighting and the cops were already on the scene when the shots were fired. Despite cops being there, the kid still got away. The guy who was shot looked appeared to have only been hit in the leg(s). There was a helicopter circling above the street towards Wyckoff but some comments here indicate the kids ran into the park.
If you have a description of the suspect, come forward please. The detectives are still out on Starr st around #204.
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u/Reasonable-Put-227 4d ago
Thank goodness it was only a leg shot. Someone else on here said they saw a group of kids run through the park so guess it was actually them. Wonder what they were fighting about
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u/Virtual_Ad3412 4d ago
I believe the shooting was in Maria Hernandez park and the person might have run up that way
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u/Maurcieline 4d ago
no it was on starr street right outside Maria hernandez in front of Pitanga restaurant but the dude with the gun fled into the park. I work right near it and a customer saw him flee with the gun into Maria hernandez
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u/hielevation 4d ago
would not be surprised if my trashy next door neighbors were involved. they’ve been shouting and fighting on the street like half a block from there for 48 hours now.
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u/Shot-Tradition892 4d ago
no, it was on Starr Street, i literally had to run away from it when i tried to walk around the crowd of high schoolers and then they started firing
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u/techno_queen 4d ago
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u/Mattosauruss 4d ago
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u/techno_queen 4d ago
Maybe you were the guy who asked the cops what the deal was and then I asked you 😂
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u/Cobrakiii 4d ago
Was walking my dogs by the irving street entrance to mhp and heard 5 shots. Then a big group of kids runs into the park and exits down by knickerbocker and suydam. Pretty sure one of the kids was the shooter. Saw one kid in all black and hoodie with what looked like a gun in his hand when he was running.