--- description: A man wearing a Scream mask shot two people in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City hours after Halloween. title: Man Wearing 'Scream' Mask Shoots 2 in New York City After Halloween image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffa997c6283cebfb/69886e65a988cabc086b5012/151028_em_mostlucrativehorror_scream.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Wearing _Scream_ Mask Shoots 2 in New York City After Halloween by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 1, 2018 11:42 AM CUT  Scream (1996) Scream (1996)Dimension Films—Everett Collection by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 1, 2018 11:42 AM CUT A man wearing a _Scream_ mask shot two people in New York City just hours after Halloween. The man, who was wearing a ghostly mask from the horror movie _Scream_ and a green jacket, shot a 24-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan, the New York Police Department says. The shooting occurred around 1:58 a.m. Thursday. The male victim sustained injuries to his groin, leg and chest and was taken to Harlem Hospital. The female victim was injured in the torso and taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Both were reported to be in stable condition. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5441574/scream-mask-man-shoots-two-halloween/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5441574/scream-mask-man-shoots-two-halloween/"},"headline":"Man Wearing Scream Mask Shoots 2 in New York City After Halloween","datePublished":"2018-11-01T11:42:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T21:54:22.712Z","description":"A man wearing a Scream mask shot two people in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City hours after Halloween.","url":"https://time.com/5441574/scream-mask-man-shoots-two-halloween/","keywords":["Crime","New York","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffa997c6283cebfb/69886e65a988cabc086b5012/151028_em_mostlucrativehorror_scream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffa997c6283cebfb/69886e65a988cabc086b5012/151028_em_mostlucrativehorror_scream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"151028_EM_MostLucrativeHorror_Scream","caption":"Scream","creditText":"Dimension Films—Everett Collection","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5441574/scream-mask-man-shoots-two-halloween/","name":"Man Wearing Scream Mask Shoots 2 in New York City After Halloween"}}]}] ```