NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A pair of gunmen fired at least nine shots near a playground where children were playing over the weekend, the NYPD said Tuesday.
The two gunmen and a third man were walking north on University Avenue, in front of Morton Playground in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx, around 3:40 p.m. on Saturday when two males of an unknown age left a basketball court at the play area, police said.
The suspects police are searching for.NYPD
Not long after, the two gunmen pulled out their weapons and fired at least nine shots at the two males, the NYPD said.
None of the bullets hit the two males, and the two gunmen and their accomplice fled on foot, police said. They hadn't been arrested as of Tuesday evening, the NYPD said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
