Two shot in Claremont, Bronx apartment building; man in custody after barricade, police say

Gunfire inside a Claremont apartment building on Saturday night left two people wounded, a 70-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man, according to the NYPD. Police said the man they believe fired the shots then went into one of the building’s units and barricaded himself there. He is now in police custody, and both people who were hit are in stable condition, police said.

Claremont shooting: what police said

Just before 9:30 p.m., officers were sent to the Bronx building after a call came in about shots fired inside it. According to police, the man discharged his gun several times while he was in a hallway. Police said he then entered an apartment and shut himself inside.

Police described the injuries this way: the woman, 70, has a wound to her abdomen, while the 60-year-old man was struck in the torso. Both were taken quickly to St. Barnabas Hospital. Police said each of them remains in stable condition there.

Man in custody not identified

The NYPD confirmed that the man is in police custody. Police have not released his name, and as of the latest police update he has not been publicly identified.

One key question remains open. Police said it is not yet known whether the man had any connection to either of the two people who were wounded in the hallway.

To sum up the police account so far: two residents of the building’s hallway area, a woman of 70 and a man of 60, were hurt by the gunfire and are listed in stable condition at St. Barnabas Hospital, and the man police say opened fire is in custody, with his identity and any link to the wounded people still unannounced.