What happened in New York City in the 30 minutes before 3:00 PM on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, from the agencies to your pocket: no middlemen, no gatekeepers.
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2:45 PM · Shots fired / shooting · the Bronx (exact location not given)
NYPD radio reported a shot at somewhere in the Bronx at 2:45 PM.
- Status: Developing
- Where: the Bronx (exact location not given) (exact location not confirmed)
- Responding: NYPD
- Heard on: NYPD Patrol-Boro Bronx radio · 8 transmissions, 2:45 PM–2:48 PM
2:36 PM · Officer needs assistance · West 69Th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan
NYPD radio reported an officer calling for help (10-13) at West 69 Street and Amsterdam Avenue at 2:36 PM.
- Status: Escalating: more units called (2:41 PM)
- Where: West 69Th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan
- Responding: NYPD
- Timeline: 2:36 PM first report · 2:38 PM officer needs assistance
- Heard on: NYPD Citywide radio · 4 transmissions, 2:36 PM–2:41 PM
2:44 PM · Suspicious package · Brooklyn (exact location not given)
NYPD radio reported a suspicious package somewhere in Brooklyn at 2:44 PM.
- Status: Developing
- Where: Brooklyn (exact location not given) (exact location not confirmed)
- Responding: NYPD
- Heard on: NYPD Transit Bureau Brooklyn East radio · 10 transmissions, 2:44 PM–2:49 PM
2:53 PM · Person with a gun (single report, unconfirmed) · Lewis Avenue and Stockton Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn
NYPD radio reported a person with a gun at Lewis Avenue and Stockton Street at 2:53 PM.
- Status: Developing
- Where: Lewis Avenue and Stockton Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn
- Responding: NYPD
- Heard on: NYPD Transit Citywide – Citywide radio · 1 transmissions, 2:53 PM
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