Four people were shot during a car meetup in the Bronx early Sunday, and one of them, 18-year-old Worling Mendez, was killed by a shot to the head, police say. Police say multiple shooters fired as many as 60 bullets near East 233rd Street and Boston Road; a 20-year-old woman, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old were also hit and are in stable condition. Authorities released the information on Monday and say no arrests have been made.
Four people were shot during an apparent car meetup early Sunday morning in the Bronx, in a burst of gunfire that police describe as involving multiple shooters. According to Eyewitness News, one of the four victims was killed and three others were wounded, and police released the details on Monday, more than a day after the shooting took place.
Police identified the person who was killed as 18-year-old Worling Mendez. Officers say he was shot in the head. The scale of the shooting was striking: police say multiple shooters fired as many as 60 bullets near East 233rd Street and Boston Road, turning the meetup into a chaotic scene.
The three people who survived are a 20-year-old woman, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old, all of whom were also shot. According to police, the woman was shot in the foot and the man was shot in the chest, and all three of the wounded are now in stable condition in the hospital.
Investigators say all of it happened during a car meetup early Sunday morning. Police say the shooting unfolded shortly before 6 a.m. on East 233rd Street, under the Boston Road overpass near Provost Avenue, in the Eastchester section of the Bronx.
At the scene, tire marks were still visible in the roadway. News 12 reported that the only businesses in the immediate area are a scrap metal recycling plant and a Department of Sanitation facility, an isolated stretch where the car meetup had drawn people together before the gunfire.
Although the shooting took place in the early hours of Sunday, police did not make the information public until Monday. That delay meant the fatal shooting and the three wounded victims were only confirmed by investigators more than a day after the incident.
As it stands, the shooting left Worling Mendez dead and three others wounded at the car meetup, and police say no arrests have been made. The investigation into who opened fire on East 233rd Street, near Boston Road, and what led to the shooting, is continuing.