15-year-old boy killed, second teen injured in Bronx house constructing capturing
ALLERTON, The Bronx (WABC) — A 15-year-old boy is useless and one other teenager is injured after gunfire erupted inside an house constructing within the Bronx.
The lethal capturing occurred simply earlier than 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at a high-rise constructing on Adee Avenue within the Allerton part of the Bronx.
Neighbors say they heard at the least three gun pictures contained in the house constructing, which known as Eastchester Gardens.
Police say the capturing occurred on the seventh ground.
The 15-year-old, recognized as Eric Aitken of Connecticut, was shot within the chest throughout the incident. First responders transported the sufferer to Jacobi Hospital in important situation earlier than later being pronounced useless.
Authorities say a 14-year-old boy was additionally shot within the arm. He was taken to the identical hospital, the place he’s in steady situation.
The capturing taking place round meal time simply two days after Christmas.
Many neighbors dwelling within the house complicated are left on edge, together with eyewitness Leon Stafford. He says the capturing occurred proper exterior his door.
“I used to be simply in my room doing my learning and I heard a bang, bang, bang thrice, proper? After I ran to the door, I seen three folks working downstairs close to the staircase after which I noticed a person holding my doorknob, so I pushed him out the best way,” Stafford stated.
Stafford works a safety job at a neighborhood nursing residence and says he’s bored with coming residence and never feeling secure in his personal constructing.
“After I’m coming again at 12 a.m. at evening I see youngsters chilling within the park. That ought to not occur. That’s utterly unacceptable as a result of this neighborhood will not be the most secure as a result of the gangs, youngsters hanging out and the fixed use of gun violence,” Stafford stated.
The NYPD is on the lookout for a number of suspects in connection to the incident.
There are at the moment no arrests, as authorities work to find out a motive for the capturing.
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