An 8-year-old boy shot and wounded in the Bronx was struck by a stray bullet just moments after he got off his school bus, cops said Wednesday — as the alleged gunman was hit with attempted murder charges.
The child was walking with his grandmother — who lives across the street from the bus stop in Mott Haven – when the errant slug hit him in the leg around 5 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
He went by private means to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, cops said.
Police said Tuesday that two people had been taken into custody at the site of the shooting on Beekman Avenue near East 141st Street.
But cops confirmed Wednesday that only Joshua Brooks, 27, had been charged in connection to the gun violence.
Investigators are probing whether the shooting that wounded the innocent bystander was retaliation for a prior beef, or gang-related, police sources said.
It remained unclear Wednesday who the intended target of the broad-daylight violence was.
In addition to the attempted murder rap, Brooks was also charged with assault, assault on a person less than 11 years old, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a firearm, cops said.
He was awaiting arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court on Wednesday.
The boy was not the first child shot in the borough this summer.
A 5-year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet in the back while she sat in a parked car in the Olinville section at the end of June.
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Hey, This is America.
People need to learn NOT to see this as a tragedy or a societal problem, BUT as an opportunity to make and sell bullet proof jackets for children. Children grow all the time, so parents have to buy a new one frequently….think of the money making potential.
Remember , the 2nd Amendment is beyond any questions regarding its current need or sanity
Sorry German, this is 100% on black culture and impulse control, plus low IQ for many. One only has to look at any of the black countries in Africa to see the same behavior. People like you see “guns” as the problem, and not mental issues. This perp (like most others) likely bought a stolen gun from one of his fellow low life types on the street. You reasoning is the same as saying if all cars were banned there would be no more deaths or injuries from drunk drivers.
People aren’t bad because of their skin shading but because the evil Democrats still refuse to fully give up ownership of their former slaves and still feel they have the right to warp their minds/gaslight them!
Just part of Democrats’ beloved junkies CRIME WAVE !!!
Also, only idiots use the idiotic Democrats idiotic term of “gun violence”…
Those of us with working brains know it’s ADDICTIONS VIOLENCE !!!
Unfortunately the evil Democrats love and protect their thieving murderous addictions and perversions…