A 14-year-old boy is now charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Brownsville.
A 14-year-old boy is charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Brownsville.A 14-year-old boy is now charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a 12-year-old boy.Police said the teen was playing with a gun and pointed it at the 12-year-old boy and pulled the trigger in the lobby of a Brownsville apartment building last week.He was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition and is expected to survive.
Detectives have determined a group of eight to 10 youths was "playing or hanging out" in the lobby of the apartment building. They were playing with a gun when, based on video or witnesses accounts, detectives believe one of the youths removed a magazine from the firearm, pointed it at the victim and pulled the trigger.
The gun fired a round - striking the boy in the shoulder. Detectives believe the suspect who fired the gun did not realize there was a bullet still in the chamber.Both the gun and a caliber casing were recovered by police at the scene."I would tell my younger sister, you see any gun, don't play with it, don't touch it," said neighbor Shania Weeks. "It's not fun to play with at all. It could really take somebody's life.
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