(ANSA) WASHINGTON, APRIL 08 A 16yearold girl was killed and two other young people were injured by stray bullets in New York during a confrontation between two men.
According to Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell’s reconstruction, the girl was returning home from her school in the Bronx north of Manhattan, accompanied by another 16yearold and a 17yearold boy. At an intersection, they encountered a man who was arguing with another on the opposite sidewalk, drew a gun, and began firing in spurts. The girl was shot in the chest and the other two in the leg and buttocks. They were transported to the hospital, but the 16yearold couldn’t make it. The other two young people are in stable condition in hospital. The police have not yet arrested anyone, but are reviewing the footage from the surveillance cameras and are assuring them that those responsible will soon be brought to justice.
It is the second time in a week that young people in New York have been the victims of cluster bullets fired in the middle of the street. On March 31, a 12yearold boy was killed in Brooklyn while eating in a parked car with an injured 20yearold woman and an eightyearold girl, thankfully, unharmed.
In the metropolis of nine million, crime increased dramatically during the 2020 pandemic. This year, the situation worsened: from January 1 to early April, the number of shootings in New York rose from 260 to 296 compared to the same period in 2021.
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