One night in the Bronx: NYPD cops open up about toll of youth gun violence

It was a warm mid-July night in the South Bronx when Police Officer Michael Phipps received an all too common call of “shots fired.”

The first cop on the scene, Phipps came upon a car riddled with bullet holes and saw someone slumped over in the back seat. He grabbed the medical kit he carries with him and rushed over.

“When we open up the door, it’s kind of clear at that point that he’s no longer with us,” the Navy veteran told The Post during a recent ride along in...