Community on edge after recent string of violence around Franklin, Jennings avenues
Police say that three shootings that have recently taken place in the area are not believe to be connected to each other at this time.
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East 170th Street and Franklin Avenue was the site of the latest shooting on this particular block but not the first incident to happen in the neighborhood.
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Thursday's shooting took place in broad daylight around 5 p.m. Surveillance video shows a group of people sitting outside of the deli before they begin to run for cover after those shots are fired. The woman on the right of the video collapsed at the scene and was resuscitated at the hospital. Officers say she is now in stable condition.
A 20-year-old FedEx driver was grazed by a bullet while doing deliveries five hours earlier and about eight blocks away on Jennings Avenue in Crotona Park East.
A 16-year-old was shot Friday morning on Jennings Avenue as well. Surveillance photos from a Franklin Avenue deli obtained by News 12 showing a man visibly carrying a gun. Police don't have reports of a shooting here last Sunday, but residents who spoke to News 12 say they are fed up and asking for change.
"They have to have police around, especially in this area," said one resident.
Police say that these three shootings are not believe to be connected to each other at this time.
