Crime & Safety
Police Seek Upper West Side Shooter
A man fired off a gun during an argument in December on West 61st Street, police said.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police are looking for a man who fired a gun during a December argument on the Upper West Side, officials said.
The incident all started when the gunman and a 39-year-old man were having some sort of argument on Dec. 30 at about 5:20 p.m. near West 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, police said.
Suddenly, the man pulled out a pistol and fired one round towards the 39-year-old, according to police, and then fled south on Amsterdam Avenue.
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Police said there were no reported injuries.
An image of a man police said was connected to the incident was released.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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