Four stray-bullet shootings in Brooklyn since June
There have been at least four stray-bullet shootings in Brooklyn since the start of June, critically injuring one 11-year-old boy and injuring other teens and adults, even as shooting incidents and victims in the borough are down from last year.
A 13-year-old girl sitting on a park bench in St. Andrews Playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant became the most recent victim of stray-bullet violence when she was struck in the shoulder just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, cops said. She was the second girl shot by a stray bullet while sitting on a park bench since the start of June. Citywide, 14 people have been hit by stray bullets since the start of June, according to CBS New York.
Just over a month ago, 11-year-old Jayden Grant was left possibly paralyzed after he was hit by a stray bullet on his way home from the barber shop, leading to a march in his honor calling for a shooting-free summer. A 27-year-old man was arrested in the shooting.