The one who shot 4 children and 4 adults at a Fourth of July barbeque in Coney Island, Brooklyn remained on the run Sunday night.
The New York Metropolis Police Dept. is investigating whether or not the mass capturing is linked to a gang-related killing that occurred earlier within the week on the identical block.
“Once I got here downstairs, I am like, ‘all my grands received shot.’ I am simply going loopy proper now,” stated a girl who recognized herself as a grandmother of the younger victims. She spoke with NBC New York in regards to the household gathering that changed into chaos.
“They’re within the hospital… we had been simply having a celebration for the children,” she stated.
“Folks had been working, folks had been screaming, children had been screaming,” a witness added.
The capturing occurred within the courtyard of a high-rise constructing on thirtieth St. and Surf Ave. in Coney Island at round 10:30 Saturday night time.
New York Metropolis Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch advised reporters Sunday that “an unknown male wearing all black and sporting a black ski masks approached the fence line alongside Surf Ave. and fired a number of rounds into the courtyard.”
The wounded kids are ages 6, 7, 12 and 14.
“The six-year-old may lose his legs, so we do not know,” stated the grandmother. “I feel it was like 5 or ten gunshots,” added the witnesss. “I ran. I actually ran, dropped my cellphone and ran.”
Sunday, the household cleaned the mess left behind by the bloodshed. Police had been nonetheless within the space.
“There isn’t any place for this sort of violence in our metropolis,” stated Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D-New York Metropolis) at a information convention.
A firearm, together with 10 discharged shell casings, had been recovered on the scene. Police haven’t launched an outline of the shooter. Investigators say there isn’t any indication of any argument or altercation earlier than the capturing.
