Man Shot in Face Outside Little Italy

Victim Drove Himself to Hospital

Police are searching for this man in connection with a shooting outside Little Italy. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Manhattan Voice

June 6, 2023

MANHATTAN - A man was shot while sitting in his car outside Little Italy. The victim managed to drive himself to an area hospital, cops said.

At around 12:30 am on June 2, a man was sitting in his parked car in front of 51 Chrystie Street when a man approached the car. The man began arguing with the driver from the street.

Cops say the argument escalated and the man on the street pulled out a gun and fired multiple rounds the car.

The driver was shot in the left cheek and suffered a graze wound to the back of the neck.

The gunman then ran away in an unknown direction.

The victim managed to drive off and transport himself to Bellevue Hospital.

The victim is listed in stable condition.

Cops say the victim’s car suffered damage from the barrage of bullets that hit it.

Police released surveillance video of the man they believe is the gunman.

The video was shot inside a subway car. The suspect was dressed in a black hoodie with white writing on the chest. He also wore a black baseball cap with white writing. He wore black ripped jeans with writing on one of the pants legs.

He also wore black sneakers with different color laces- one shoe had red shoelaces and the other had blue laces.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.