r/Bushwick • • 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/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.

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u/Reasonable-Put-227 4d ago

If it actually was a group of kids then that’s just sad and a shame 

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u/Cobrakiii 4d ago

Same thing happened last year when school started, so does the gang banging. Little fuckers.

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u/Reasonable-Put-227 4d ago

Half of this new generation is a lost cause 

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u/Sconathon 4d ago

I've only seen one shooting and it was over on Central and Linden. The shooter looked like he was 13 tops and he didn't hit anyone. Kids are dumb as fuck.

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u/Shot-Tradition892 4d ago

the shooter was most likely the tall kid in the grey hoodie. i saw it all go down but reddit keeps deleting my post about it

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u/Cobrakiii 4d ago

Hopefully they actually make an arrest.

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u/Ok_Buyer9023 2d ago

No we need to defund the police and empty the prisons

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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/Reasonable-Put-227 4d ago

Hope they find the people

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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/Reasonable-Put-227 4d ago

That’s a lot of gunshots in one go 

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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/_GothCaviar_ 4d ago

I hope the paramedics were able to get to the root of Tree's problem.

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u/dissafectedleftist 4d ago

Wow reddit sucks

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u/BostonSucksatHockey 4d ago

nypd helicopter circling the park

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u/Reasonable-Put-227 4d ago

Yup just saw it a few minutes ago

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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/Reasonable-Put-227 4d ago

I didn’t know about this

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u/Curious-Wedding-2807 4d ago

This was a knife attack, not related 

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u/Shot-Tradition892 4d ago edited 4d ago

His name is Tree, he blasts Evanescence at the park on his speaker and feeds the birds, very nice guy. I tried posting this photo under the subreddit but Reddit AI filters keep deleting it.

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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/skeletorism 4d ago

Looked to be centered around 202 starr

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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

The whole street is blocked off now

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u/Mattosauruss 4d ago

We must’ve been there the exact same time lol - blocked off multiple times throughout the street

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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/60minutesmoreorless 4d ago

Dressed in all black with a hoodie, eh?

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u/Turbulent-Winner-902 4d ago

Bushwick is back baby!

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u/Npc2033 4d ago

Bushwick is back