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Man injured in New Lots shooting

Police say when they arrived, they found a 33-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the buttocks. 

Sheyla Torres

Aug 27, 2026, 7:03 AM

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Police are looking for a man they say shot another man early Thursday morning in New Lots. 

The shooting happened inside 177 Sheffield Ave. at around 12:40 a.m.  

Police say when they arrived, they found a 33-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the buttocks.  

EMS transported the man to Brookdale Hopsital where he is expected to recover.  

Police sources say they are looking for a man wearing black sweatpants and a white shirt who fled north on foot on Pennsylvania Avenue.  

There are no arrests at this time.  

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