Moment Wild West gunfight plays out in the Bronx when two gangs open fire in insane street battle as NYC crimes soars
An intense wild west gunfight that played out on the streets of the Bronx was caught on camera in incredible new footage released by New York police.
The video begins by showing what appears to be seven gang members brandishing pistols, firing at an unidentified target across the street.
Several of the men fired shots before sprinting away down the street, while two others crawled to take cover behind a parked car.
One other individual simply dropped to the floor and covered his head with his hands and a hood, miraculously emerging without any injuries.
The footage then cuts to another angle in which two other men in wearing hoods can be seen firing pistols back at the gang as they backed away.
Police are searching for the suspects shown in the video composed from several clips from street CCTV cameras on East 169th Street, which shows two groups exchanging gunfire from across the street before 10pm on September 16.
Finally, a third CCTV camera appears to capture a close up shot of two individuals, who have been marked out by NYPD officers as persons of interest for questioning (pictured)
The video begins by showing what appears to be seven gang members brandishing pistols, firing at an unidentified target across the street
Several of the men fired shots before sprinting away down the street, while two others crawled to take cover behind a parked car. The man pictured bottom dropped to the floor with no cover, simply cradling his head in his hands, but miraculously emerged unscathed
Finally, a third CCTV camera appears to capture a close up shot of two individuals, who have been marked out by NYPD officers as persons of interest for questioning.
One tall, black male wearing a grey shirt and dark pants with mid length hair is seen walking down the street alongside a shorter black male wearing a grey hooded tracksuit and matching shorts and a buzz cut.
The NYPD reported the incident did not result in any fatalities, with both groups of gang members emerging unscathed.
Prior to his August resignation, the former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo announced America's first ever state of emergency on gun violence in July, after announcing that least 51 people were shot in New York over the 4 July weekend alone.
Meanwhile, on Monday 27 September the FBI released its round up of 2020 crime figures which revealed that the US experienced the biggest increase in homicides year-to-year since records began in 1960, with an additional 4,901 homicides in 2020 compared with the year before.
Murders in New York City specifically soared 47 percent from 2019 to 2020, with a staggering 70 percent of shootings going unsolved.
A Google street view image of East 169th Street in the Bronx, New York, where the gun battle took place on September 16 according to the NYPD
New York City's crime wave of 2020 resulted in a 47 percent increase in murders
While the murder rate rose by 47 percent last year, there was a drop in felony crimes
The NYPD released their own crime statistics in early September for the month of August.
While the police reported an overall decline in murders and overall crime in New York City in August 2021 vs August 2020 - murder decreased by 8.6% (53 v. 58), overall incidents of crime decreased by 5.4% (8,824 v. 9,330) - gun arrests for the first eight months of 2021 have increased by 37% in comparison with the same time period of 2020 (3,025 v. 2,208).
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