A 17-year-old boy was shot — presumably by a Citi Bike-riding gunman — exterior a Bronx housing improvement Thursday night time, 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 Road in Longwood simply earlier than 10 p.m., police stated.
He was taken to Harlem Hospital, the place he was listed in secure 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 Road 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 gave the impression to be the supposed goal of the shooter, however had been struck within the crossfire, based mostly on preliminary particulars, sources stated.
Each had been taken to Columbia College Irving Medical Middle, the place they had been listed in secure situation, police stated.
Neither sufferer has a legal historical past, and so they had been shot from a distance, based on the sources.
The 37-year-old mom of the boy struck within the arm, who declined to share her identify, instructed The Publish Friday that she is “nerve-wrecked” by the violence.
“I’m grateful my son got here house, I’m grateful my son is alive, he’s functioning, no mind injury, he can stroll, he can discuss, he can nonetheless wipe his personal butt,” she stated. “So far as we’re involved, we’re blessed.
“I don’t imagine he or his buddies have any enemies round right here. It’s not like there was a battle occurring or any altercation occurring.”
Now, the still-stunned mother stated she is planning on preserving her son within the security of their house.
“From the appears to be like of issues, it doesn’t look like he’s going to be exterior,” she stated. “I really feel like he’s safer inside.”
The troubling violence comes simply days after NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch revealed that youth violence has skyrocketed within the Massive Apple — and positioned the blame on the state’s contentious “Elevate the Age” legislation.
