Charges have been filed against a man accused of shooting an 8-year-old boy in the Bronx as he was getting of the school bus.
As kids boarded their buses for school Wednesday morning – parents nervously stood by, shaken to learn an 8-year-old was shot the day prior on the same block.
Gunfire erupted just after 5 p.m. Tuesday on Beekman Avenue. Witnesses said they saw one man chasing another, firing several shots. One of the bullets struck a child getting off a school bus in the thigh. Police caught the alleged shooter, and also recovered a gun. Joshua Brooks, 27, is charged with attempted murder, felony assault, and criminal possession of a weapon, among other crimes.
According to police data, the number of shooting victims in the 40th precinct is down by more than 50%. Last year, there were 47 at this time. This year, there have been 22. "It's really uncomfortable, because I soon as I got here, I'm like, something again? Because every tie we get here, every other, two months or three months, something has to happen," Mott have resident Miriam Gouem said.
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