Police Searching for Alleged Upper West Side Shooter

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The NYPD is asking the public to help locate a suspect in an Upper West Side shooting.

Niiamarte Cintron, 45, approached a man Friday, Aug. 5 and shot the man in the neck and chest, police told Patch. The shooting occurred on the 800 block of Amsterdam Avenue near the Frederick Douglass Houses around 9:48 p.m., police said.

The victim, an unidentified man, was treated at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital and is in stable condition, police said.

Police describe Cintron as 5-foot-6, 180 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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