A 17-year-old boy was shot — presumably by a Citi Bike-riding gunman — exterior a Bronx housing growth Thursday evening, hours after two different boys his age had been struck by gunfire within the borough, cops stated.
The teenager was blasted within the hip as he walked on the grounds of NYCHA’s Forest Homes on Trinity Avenue close to East one hundred and sixty fifth Avenue in Longwood simply earlier than 10 p.m., police stated.
He was taken to Harlem Hospital, the place he was listed in steady situation.
The suspect fled southbound on Trinity Avenue, presumably on a Citi Bike, cops stated.
The violence got here a number of hours after two 17-year-old boys — each obvious harmless bystanders — had been shot and wounded round 1:20 p.m. at East 176th Avenue and Anthony Avenue within the Mount Hope neighborhood, police stated.
One of many teenagers was shot in the correct arm, the opposite within the neck, police and sources stated.
Neither boy seemed to be the meant goal of the shooter, however had been struck within the crossfire, primarily based on preliminary particulars, sources stated.
Each had been taken to Columbia College Irving Medical Middle, the place they had been listed in steady situation, police stated.
Neither sufferer has a prison historical past, they usually had been shot from a distance, in keeping with the sources.
The 37-year-old mom of the boy struck within the arm, who declined to share her title, advised The Submit Friday that she is “nerve-wrecked” by the violence.
“I’m grateful my son came home, I’m grateful my son is alive, he is functioning, no brain damage, he can walk, he can talk, he can still wipe his own butt,” she stated. “So far as we’re involved, we’re blessed.
“I don’t believe he or his friends have any enemies around here. It’s not like there was a fight going on or any altercation going on.”
Now, the still-stunned mother stated she is planning on protecting her son within the security of their house.
“From the looks of things, it doesn’t seem like he is going to be outside,” she stated. “I feel like he is safer inside.”
The troubling violence comes simply days after NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch revealed that youth violence has skyrocketed within the Huge Apple — and positioned the blame on the state’s contentious “Raise the Age” regulation.
