The high school student and two other young people are victims of shots fired by a pedestrian who was arguing with another person in the street of New York, United States.
She came back from high school
Shootings and violence have been very frequent lately in New York, to the UNITED STATES. Friday, April 9, a teenager was killed and two other young people injured by stray bullets, reports Le Figaro.
During a press briefing, the police chief of New York (NYPD), Keechant Sewell, explained that the 16-year-old girl returned from her high school in the Bronx (north of Manhattan), accompanied by another teenager of the same age as well as a 17-year-old boy.
An argument between two men
A pedestrian was arguing with another man at a crossroads, more precisely on the sidewalk opposite. He pulled out a gun before firing several times, recounts the police chief, castigating the behavior of “brazen criminals“. The three young victims were rushed to hospital. Despite the intervention of the emergency services, the first, hit in the chest, succumbed to her injuries when she should have had “a bright future“, denounced Keechant Sewell. The other two have leg and buttock injuries and are in stable condition.
Shootings and gunfire increase
So far, no arrests have been made, but police have CCTV footage and have promised that those responsible will be brought to justice.
This is the second time in one week that young people have been victims of stray bullets in the street by armed people.
Indeed, a 12-year-old boy was killed in Brooklyn on March 31 when he was eating in a stationary car.
According to data revealed by NYPDthe name of shootings and shots increased from 260 to 296 to New York for the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year.
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