The sister of Althea Lawson, the 84-year-old woman who was struck by a stray bullet in Brooklyn on Monday, says that something must be done about gun violence in the city.
An 84-year-old woman is in the hospital tonight after being struck by a stray bullet in Brooklyn on Monday evening.According to the NYPD , the victim, Althea Lawson, was sitting on her walker outside of her apartment at the Flatbush Gardens development on Brooklyn Avenue at Foster Avenue at around 6:45 p.m. on Monday, when she was struck in her left arm by a bullet."It's like a shock," said Enid Lawson, Althea's older sister. "I can't explain it, but I feel sad over it.
Otherwise, they would have been a reassuring presence and visible deterrent like they are other days. "This is very disheartening, because on a day that we're off, a lady gets hurt, and this is not what a community is about," said Michael Warren, a supervisor at Elite Learners.Lawson told FOX 5 NY that none of her sisters' sons ever picked up a gun and that something must be done about gun violence.
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