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Man Shoots Woman Inside Beauty Salon In Mount Vernon, Then Flees State: Officials

A man with a long criminal history faces more charges after allegedly shooting into a Westchester beauty salon after a dispute and hitting a woman before fleeing the state, city officials said. 

Bronx resident Craig Whitfield, age 48, is charged with shooting a woman inside a beauty salon in Mount Vernon at 4 West 3rd St.

Bronx resident Craig Whitfield, age 48, is charged with shooting a woman inside a beauty salon in Mount Vernon at 4 West 3rd St.

Photo Credit: Google Maps street view/Mount Vernon Police

The incident happened on Friday, April 21 around 5:30 p.m., when 48-year-old Bronx resident Craig Whitfield became involved in a verbal dispute with several people outside of a beauty salon in Mount Vernon at 4 West 3rd St., according to Mount Vernon Director of Communications Timothy Allen. 

During this dispute, Whitfield allegedly took out a handgun and fired into the salon, hitting a Mount Vernon woman in the hand. Immediately after this, Whitfield then ran away from the area. 

Following the shooting, Mount Vernon Police identified Whitfield as the suspect and learned that he had left New York for Petersburg, Virginia. 

Weeks later on Thursday, May 18, Whitfield was taken into custody by the FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, FBI Richmond Field Office, and Petersburg Virginia Police Department, and extradited back to New York on Wednesday, May 31. 

He was then booked in Mount Vernon and charged with: 

  • Second-degree attempted murder;
  • Second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Whitfield was arraigned in Mount Vernon City Court on Thursday, June 1, and then remanded to the Westchester County Department of Corrections. 

According to Allen, Whitfield already has an extensive criminal history that includes charges for prior robberies, weapon possession, attempted murder, and manslaughter. At the time of the shooting on April 21, Whitfield had been on parole for a 2012 manslaughter charge out of the Bronx. 

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