Witness reports gunfire in Staten Island neighborhood: ‘This never happened around here before’

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y — A Port Richmond resident was left frightened after he says he witnessed gunshots confirmed by police in the neighborhood late Monday afternoon.

“I couldn’t believe it, because this never happened around here before,” said Mike, who requested his last name not be published. “I heard three to four shots, and I saw a guy running,” he told the Advance/SILive.com

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that officers responded to a report of an attempted assault in the vicinity of Bond Street and Simonson Place at around 5:25 p.m. on April 28…

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