Video Shows At-Large Sunset Park Gunman Firing Weapon on 46th Street

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — The NYPD has released video of a Sunset Park gunman who fired multiple rounds down 46th Street last month.

According to the NYPD, just before 9 p.m. on July 23, the shooter got into a verbal dispute with another individual. He then fired his gun multiple times in front of 553 46th St. No one was struck by the gunfire, police said.

As the below video shows, the man then pocketed the weapon and jogged away.

Police describe the gunman as a Hispanic man standing about five-feet-six-inches and weighing approximately 160 pounds.

Anyone with information on this suspect can confidentially report it via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

This shooting took place in the NYPD's 72nd Precinct, which patrols Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace and South Slope. According to official police statistics, through July 24, major crimes were collectively up in the 72nd about 16 percent compared to the same period last year, one of the largest increases in Brooklyn.

A review of crime data conducted by Patch showed that most of that increase appeared to have occurred in Sunset Park, as opposed to in Windsor Terrace and South Slope.

At a recent community meeting in Windsor Terrace, officers from the 72nd said that much of the precinct's crime increase was attributable to identity theft, often classified as grand larceny.

However, police statistics also show that through July 24, three more sexual assaults had taken place in the precinct then when compared to last year, along with 30 more felony assaults and eight more grand larcenies involving an automobile.

There were also four recorded shooting incidents in the precinct through July 24 with five victims, compared to one shooting with one victim during the same period in 2015.