Freddy Flores Charged with Attempted Murder for Shooting of 2-Year-Old Boy in Bronx, NYC

Freddy Flores was charged with attempted murder and other charges as a suspect in the broad daylight shooting of a 2-year-old boy in the Bronx (NYC).

According to Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, according to the statement of the 20-year-old defendant He was firing his gun at another target, but instead she got hold of the child who was shopping with her mother on Fordham Road in March 2024.

“Fordham Road “This is probably the busiest commercial district in the Bronx,” said District Attorney Clark, who said Pix11 News. “The defendant allegedly fired a gun into shoppers and pedestrians the previous Saturday afternoon Easter showing a complete lack of concern for the lives of others. A bullet hit a child the day before his third birthday. Fortunately, he survived this tragic event.”

Flores reportedly He fired five shots in the middle of the street while it was full of pedestrians and traffic. One of the bullets hit the boy in the lower back. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where his life was saved.

There are several charges against Flores, including attempted murder, attempted assault, assault, criminal possession and use of a firearm, and reckless endangerment. He is due back in court in July 2024.

All accusations are just accusations and those accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

“Random” gun violence is constant in New York, mostly on streets, parks, buses and the New York Subway.

This week two members of the Hoolie Gang were found guilty in the death of a 22-month-old baby hit by a stray bullet during a cookout in Brooklyn (NYC) in the summer of 2020.

Also this month Nahjim Luke was sentenced to 25 years in prison kills teenage basketball star Brandon Hendricks with a stray bullet in 2020 in The Bronx (NYC).

In February, two people died after being hit by “stray bullets” at stations in the Bronx. Also a A Brazilian tourist was hit with a gun in the middle of an alleged robbery at a store in Times Square.

Last month, Sean Brown, a member of a street gang from Queen (NYC), admitted to “accidentally” killing a 14-year-old basketball player. in what police called a case of mistaken identity.

Young people are the main victims of gun violence in New York as both victims and perpetrators, especially arson and knife attacks on streets, homes, schools, public transport and businesses.