CITY OF NEWBURGH — Two City of Newburgh men in their 20s were wounded by gunfire over the past six days and within less than two weeks of when a 35-year-old man was fatally shot.

The latest shooting victim, Jordan Myles, 26, was listed in critical condition at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla on Wednesday morning, city police said, after he was shot in his neck and hip about 8 p.m. Tuesday near 143 North Miller St.

He was transported in a vehicle to St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, a few blocks from the scene of the shooting, and later flown to WMC, according to Newburgh officials.

The incident remains under investigation by Newburgh city police's Non-Fatal Shooting Task Force.

Newburgh police Det. Lt. Joseph Burns said no arrests have been made in the three recent shootings, which involved four victims.

Burns said police are exploring whether Tuesday night's shooting was connected to the other two shootings, but he did not have anything "that can concretely link them yet."

"It's really, really unfortunate because we were turning a corner and doing great things in the city," said Newburgh Mayor Torrance Harvey, who said he is confident the police department will solve these cases of gun violence.

Harvey said the recent spate of shootings seem retaliatory and not something people living and doing business in the city should necessarily be alarmed about.

"We have the shooting in June and then nothing all summer," he said. "Then all of the sudden we get into the fall season ... and now there's a string of shootings."

Prior to the shooting of Myles, Amed Alberto Alvarado Baquedano, 35, was fatally shot Sept. 21 near Liberty and Clinton streets, and Almighty Ward, 18, was wounded in the same incident. Darius Lee, 23, was hit by gunfire on Sept. 25 near Benkard Avenue and William Street.

"All this situation will do is heighten the vigilance and due diligence of our police department," Harvey said.

Anyone with information about the shootings can contact the City of Newburgh Police Department at 561-3131.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for killing Baquedano. Anyone with information is urged to contact city detectives at 569-7509 or the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at 888-283-4867.

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