4 arrested after mass shooting near Bronx New York park's baseball tournament

[Jaun Deere]

BRONX, NEW YORK - One man is dead, a 17-year-old girl is clinging to life and three other people were wounded in a mass shooting near a Bronx park, cops said Sunday.

A basketball tournament was underway in the park when shots rang out late Saturday, CBS News New York reported.

Cops responded to 911 calls for multiple gunshots fired at Haffen Park near Wickham and Burke Aves. in Baychester, where 32-year-old Jaceil Banks was shot in the chest and a 17-year-old girl was shot in the face about 7:25 p.m.

Medics rushed both victims to Jacobi Medical Center, where Banks died and the teen was in critical condition.

Banks lived near Yankee Stadium, about six miles away from where he was shot, according to police.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, both shot in the back at the park, showed up at the same hospital by private means. They were in stable condition.

And a 42-year-old man shot in his right arm wet to Montefiore Medical Center by private means and is expected to recover.

Four people were taken into custody in connection with the shooting — all charged with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon. They were identified Sunday night as two teenaged boys, one 16, the other 17, along with Daeven Reyes, 20, and Robert Royal, 25.

Multiple firearms were recovered from the scene, cops said.

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