A man was shot early Saturday morning in front of the General Ulysses S. Grant Houses, a housing development in Manhattanville that police have said is one site of the violence generated by teenage “youth crews” in the area.
A Police Department spokesperson said that the victim, a 21-year-old black male, was shot in the right leg shortly after midnight on Feb. 4. He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital and is in stable condition.
There have been no arrests in the ongoing investigation.
In September, 18-year-old basketball star Tayshana Murphy was fatally shot inside Grant Houses, located south of 125th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam. Murphy’s murder has been attributed to an ongoing feud between youth crews from Grant and the neighboring Manhattanville Houses, north of 126th Street.
The NYPD spokesperson was unable to say if the shooting was related to local youth crews.
According to residents of the two housing projects, the youth crews are made up of teenagers around 16 to 17 years old.
Captain Kevin Williams of NYPD’s 28th Precinct said in December that visible foot and car patrols will increase in West Harlem, especially around schools, to combat the rise in local crime.
“I would like my officers to be more attentive,” Williams said. “One, it deters crime. Two, it makes people feel safer. Three, it’s the right thing to do.”
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