NYC Right Now, 7:00 AM: 2 Reports and New Events · Oct 29

2 reports in NYC before 7:00 AM: person with a gun (single report, unconfirmed) (3200 block of Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island-Sea Gate), person with a gun (Bronx). Details may change.

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What happened in New York City in the 30 minutes before 7:00 AM on Thursday, October 29, 2026, from the agencies to your pocket: no middlemen, no gatekeepers.

Right now

6:45 AM · Person with a gun (single report, unconfirmed) · 3200 block of Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island-Sea Gate

  • Status: Developing
  • Where: 3200 block of Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island-Sea Gate
  • Responding: NYPD
  • Heard on: NYPD Citywide radio · 1 transmissions, 6:45 AM

6:29 AM · Person with a gun · Bronx

  • Status: Developing
  • Where: Bronx (exact location not confirmed)
  • Responding: NYPD
  • Heard on: NYPD Patrol-Boro Bronx radio · 6 transmissions, 6:29 AM–6:32 AM

These are early reports from public police, fire and transit radio, and details may change as the story develops. Status updates come from what dispatchers and units say on the air. Places are given to the corner, station or block; home addresses, names and descriptions of people are never published, and medical calls are never listed.

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