A minor under the age of 14 was struck by a bullet on a basketball court located in the Bronx this weekendas part of a wave of gun violence involving several New York City youth this summer.
The shooting began shortly after 8:20 p.m. Saturday. on the court at Walton Avenue and 181st Street in Fordham Heights, when the boy was shot in the buttocksthe authorities reported.
The victim She was transferred to New York-Presbyterian/Clumbia Medical Center, where she was in stable condition.according to the New York Police Department.
Until now It has not been released what led to the shooting, or whether the teen was the shooter’s intended target.noted New York Post.
The gunman remains a fugitive from justice, the NYPD said.
This event occurs only two weeks after another 14-year-old was shot and wounded on a basketball court in South Ozone Park, Queens.
Crimes of this kind followed a host of others involving teenagers in recent months, including one in Brooklyn, where A young 15-year-old mixed martial artist died from a stray bullet.
The murdered child, identified as Faridun Mavlonov, was one of five minors shot in New York City during a bloody 12 hours on July 17.
The week that followed, a 16-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet and injured while standing on a street corner in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
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