Police say an unknown man in a black Ford Mustang with no license plate approached the father and his 7-year-old son and shot them with the BB gun from the vehicle. He then fled the scene.
A father and son were shot with a BB gun outside a supermarket on Staten Island, police say.
It happened just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday outside Island Kosher on 2212 Victory Boulevard in Meiers Corners. Police say an unknown man in a black Ford Mustang with no license plate approached the father and the 7-year-old and shot them with the BB gun from the vehicle. He then fled the scene. The child was grazed in the ear and his 32-year-old father was struck in the chest. Both of the victims refused medical attention.
Both victims were wearing yarmulkes at the time and police are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime.
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