NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- Police are searching for two suspects after a retired NYPD detective and another man were shot and wounded on a Harlem street on Tuesday morning.
The NYPD released surveillance video Wednesday showing the two suspects outside a Lenox Avenue smoke shop, near W. 125th Street, moments before the shooting at 7 a.m.
The shooting, believed to be gang-related, started when the two men saw several people who may have been from a rival gang.
The pair pulled guns and fired multiple shots towards the group, striking the 60-year-old retired detective and a 21-year-old man who’s believed to have been the intended target.
The ex-detective was hit in the chest and arm by stray bullets, while the second victim was grazed in the neck by a bullet.
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Both victims were transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem in stable condition.
City and union officials confirmed the retired detective was a bystander heading to work as an investigative consultant with the city Administration for Children's Services
“This morning, one of ACS's dedicated staff members was shot on his way to work,” ACS Commissioner Jess Dannhauser said in a statement. “We thank the first responders and hospital staff caring for our colleague. On behalf of all the staff of ACS—who do vital work for NYC's children and families—we are wishing him a very speedy recovery.”
Paul DiGiacomo, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association, said in a statement that the shooting is “more proof of the continued crime crisis in the city—and yet another case overworked NYPD detectives will investigate.”
“On his way to work like hundreds of others in his neighborhood, he's fortunate to be alive,” DiGiacomo said. “New Yorkers can’t become numb to this violence—and politicians who have emboldened these criminals with their failed laws need to be voted out!”
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