Another shooting in the streets of New York, Still an innocent victim, shot by stray bullets. This time to lose your life A 16-year-old girl was killed on her way home from school They ended up under fire during a fight between two people. Two other young men were injured. Here are the facts. According to the police chief (reported by ANSA), Kishant Sewell, The girl was on her way home from her school in the Bronx, north of Manhattan, accompanied by another 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy. At an intersection, they bumped into a man who was arguing with another on the opposite sidewalk and from He pulled out his pistol and started shooting in batches. The girl was hit in the chest and the other two in the leg and buttocks. They were taken to the hospital, but the 16-year-old was unsuccessful. The other two young men are hospitalized in stable conditions.

At the moment, the police have not arrested anyone yet, but they are watching CCTV footage and have confirmed that those responsible will be brought to justice soon. This is the second time in a week that young people in New York have been victims of stray bullets fired in the middle of the street. March 31 12-year-old boy was killed in Brooklyn While eating in a parked car with a 20-year-old woman who was injured and an eight-year-old girl thankfully unharmed. In the city of nine million people, crime increased significantly during the pandemic in 2020. This year the situation has worsened: from January 1 to early April, the number of shootings in New York increased from 260 to 296 compared to the same period in. 2021.