2 injured in shooting near Central Park

By FOX 5 NY Staff

Updated September 29, 2021 8:13am EDT

Upper West Side

Upper West Side shooting

2 people were reportedly shot near Central Park on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK - The NYPD was investigating a shooting near Central Park that left two people injured.

A man was shot in the chest and a woman was injured when a bullet fragment struck her hand at 89th Street and Amsterdam Avenue at about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday.

The woman ran into Central Park where she collapsed, said police.

Both victims were expected to recover.

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Cops were looking into the possibility another shooting at nearby West 90th Street could be related.

There was no description of a suspect by police. No arrests were made.