Crime & Safety
Car Vs. Bikers As Shots Fired In Wash Heights Standoff: NYPD
An argument between a group of men riding motorbikes and a man driving a car in the Heights led to shots getting fired, said the NYPD.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A group of motorized bikers got into a confrontation with a car driver in Washington Heights that led to shots getting fired, according to the police.
The standoff took place on Feb. 24 at 4:37 p.m. on Broadway and West 157th Street, police said.
The driver of the car got into a verbal fight with three men on motorbikes, which quickly escalated into a physical coming together, according to police.
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One of the men on motorbikes broke a window in the car, and another fired a gunshot into one of the vehicle's tires, police said. The three men fled after the shot, and no injures were reported.
Police released pictures Thursday of three men wanted in connection to the dispute.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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