Crime & Safety
Person Shot In Broad Daylight On Upper West Side, Police Say
A man was shot in the leg about 1:50 p.m. in front of a building on 101st Street between West End and Broadway, police said.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man was shot on an Upper West Side street in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon, a police spokesperson told Patch.
Shots rang out just after 1:50 p.m. in front of 230 W. 101st St., steps away from the corner of Broadway, police said.
The victim, an unidentified man, was hit in the left leg, an NYPD spokesperson said. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The NYPD spokesperson told Patch the man is not being cooperative with officers in relaying information on what happened.
No arrests have been made but an investigation is ongoing, police said.
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Coincidently, the 230 W. 101st St. address is notable as the former home of the Broadway Hotel & Hostel, which was run as an illegal hotel by notorious landlord Hank Freid.
Klosed Properties bought the building in December 2021 for $15.5 million, but plans remain unclear for exactly what the real estate company wants to do with the property.
This is a developing story, please check back in for updates.
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