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Jan 22, 2022 – 1:23 p.m Clock
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Shocking incident in New York: An 11-month-old baby was hit in the face by a bullet and seriously injured. The shot was probably aimed at another criminal. It is still unclear who fired the gun, but the shooter fled. The child was sitting in a parked car with his mother when the accident happened. As the broadcaster CBS reports, the shots were fired in the Bronx district in the early evening around 6:45 p.m.
Mayor: “If that wasn’t a wake-up call, then I don’t know what will wake us up”
The baby’s father was out shopping when he heard gunshots, it said. He immediately ran into the street, where he found his crying wife with the bleeding child. A police officer tells the broadcaster that the woman initially thought a stone had hit the car. When she turned around, she saw her seriously injured daughter in her car seat.
The baby was taken to a hospital. It was in a “critical but stable condition,” said a police spokesman. According to the report, investigators assume that the unknown criminal fired two shots. Surveillance video shows a suspected man with a gun chasing another, reports the New York Post. According to the police spokesman, it was probably a dispute between criminal gangs. The incident was “completely unacceptable.”
New York Mayor Eric Adams was also shocked. “If that wasn’t a wake-up call, then I don’t know what will wake us up. It’s unimaginable that this is happening in our city,” he said. Adams is a former police officer who has only recently taken office. He has declared war on the recent sharp increase in crime in the city.
USA: Already more than 900 dead by gun violence this year
Gun deaths and injuries are a sad part of everyday life in the United States. This year alone, 929 people have been killed in crimes or accidents involving firearms, 15 of them under the age of 12. In addition, 1,702 people suffered gunshot wounds. These numbers are registered by the non-profit organization “gunviolencearchive” (as of January 20, 2022, 1 p.m.). (ear)
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