Man struck in head, killed and one woman hit in Bronx shooting: cops

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A 28 -year -old man was shot dead and an innocent spectator was injured when an armed man opened fire against a crowd in the Bronx Wednesday event, police and sources said.

Marji Daoud, or Yonkers, was shot in the head when the bullets are classified just before 5 pm at University Avenue, near West Kingsbridge Road, according to the New York Police.

He was found bleeding for the first time and hastened to the Saint Barnabas hospital, where he was later declared dead, police said.

A 28 -year -old man was shot dead and an innocent spectator was injured when a gunman opened fire against a crowd in the Bronx Wednesday event. Peter Gerber

A 33 -year -old woman was also shot in the attack of the left hip, police said.

He was able to transport the Woodhull hospital, where he remains in a stable condition, according to the authorities.

The woman was not the planned objective, which made her at least the second innocent Bytoper that shot in the city in less than 24 hours.

I was not immediately clear if Daud was attacked by the gun or other innocent spectator.

According to the reports, the suspect, who remains in general, fired the bullets to a multitude of people with a objective provided for being determined by the authorities, according to the sources.

NYPD at the crime scene at West Kingsbridge Road and University Avenue on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Peter Gerber
Marji Daoud, or Yonkers, was shot in the head when the bullets are classified just before 5 pm Peter Gerber

There was no trial from early Thursday and the investigation is ongoing.

The mortal shooting follows another stream of armed violence of the great Apple who killed a beloved grandmother and a pioneer businesswoman who was a pillar for her Harlem community.

Excenia Mette, 61, was shot in the head on Tuesday night when she left a room in the apartment building and was caught in the crossfire of a shooting between two men. Later he died in a hospital in the area.

Mette opened the first winery owned by blacks and women in the 1980s, but closed its pandemic duration.

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