Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Discharged firearms in the news: Fri 27 July - Thur 2 Aug 2012 [View all]struggle4progress
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Monday, July 30, 2012 - 09:48 AM
By WNYC Newsroom
Six people, including two children, were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn Sunday evening.
Police say the victims included a 2-year-old girl, who was shot in the leg, and a 13-year-old boy.
All six were taken to area hospitals. None of their injuries appear to be life-threatening ...
It's the latest shooting in which children have been injured by stray bullets ...
http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2012/jul/30/child-among-six-wounded-shooting-brownsville-sunday/
Arrests In Brooklyn Drive-By Shooting That Injured Six, Including 2-Yr-Old
... The NYPD announced that 19-year-old Brooklyn residents Lawand Tinsley, arrested yesterday, and Michael Jones, arrested today, were charged with six counts of attempted murder, six counts of assault and six counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Police say that a tip led to Tinsley's arrest. Apparently Tinsley made "statements implicating himself" in the shooting which occurred on a street by Chester Street and Riverdale Avenue. The Daily News reports, "The intended target, 17-year-old Andrew Void, had run to that location after seeing the gunman and two accomplices as they approached him at a bodega a block and half away."...
http://gothamist.com/2012/08/04/arrest_in_brooklyn_shooting_that_in.php