Group Shoots At UWS Public Housing Building, Police Say

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Four men are wanted for shooting at an Upper West Side public housing building, police said.

On the afternoon of July 28 the group of men were walking near the 865 Columbus Ave., a building in the Frederick Douglass Houses apartment complex, when one of the men pulled out a gun and fired several shots at the back of the building, police said.

Nobody was hurt during the shooting, police said. The motive for shooting the building, which is run by the New York City Housing Authority, is currently unclear.

The suspects are all described as being in their 20s. Police release surveillance photos of the group on Tuesday.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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