Bloods gang member, 27, ‘mistakenly shot an 11-year-old boy outside a grocery store on a Brooklyn street while aiming at Crips rival’
- Angel Eaddy was arrested Friday and now faces attempted murder charges
- Shocking surveillance video shows a man firing several times in broad daylight
- A man in red shorts lifts his gun before shooting into the distance on Thursday
- The boy was struck in the chest returning home from a haircut for his graduation
- He is now recovering after surgery along with another struck bystander, 31
A Bloods gang member is accused of mistakenly shooting an 11-year-old boy outside a grocery store on a Brooklyn street while aiming at Crips rival.
Angel Eaddy, 27, was arrested Friday and now faces attempted murder charges after police say he opened fire on Thursday evening.
Shocking surveillance footage appears to show Eaddy firing several times in broad daylight just after 7 p.m.
A man in red shorts lifts his gun before shooting into the distance.
The boy, named Jayden Grant by relatives, was struck in the chest returning home from a haircut for his grammar school graduation, The New York Daily News reports.
He is now recovering at Kings County Hospital after surgery.
Angel Eaddy was arrested Friday, a day after authorities say he opened fire in the Crown Heights neighborhood during an encounter with his target
Shocking surveillance footage appears to show Eaddy firing several times in broad daylight just after 7 p.m. A man in red shorts lifts his gun before shooting into the distance
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His uncle Avery Graham said: ‘His graduation was today. He had been walking with a 13-year-old brother, who was not shot.
‘I know he’s OK, he’s breathing. He’s a great kid.’
A 31-year-old man was also struck in his left leg after Eaddy is said to have fired multiple shots at a rival Crips gang member in front of the grocery store.
The boy’s mom is said to have been with him when he was hit and immediately called out for help.
One witness said: ‘He wasn’t crying, he was just there. I don’t know if it was his mother or his sister, but they were like, “Why you would shoot him? Why would you do that? You shot him, you shot him, oh my God”.
The alleged gunman is charged with two counts of attempted murder, criminal use of a firearm, reckless endangerment and assault.
Police say he started shooting near a grocery store on Schenectady Avenue.
The 27-year-old alleged gunman is charged with two counts of attempted murder, criminal use of a firearm, reckless endangerment and assault after police say he started shooting near a grocery store on Schenectady Avenue
The member of the Bloods gang faces attempted murder charges for mistakenly shooting and wounding an 11-year-old boy on a Brooklyn street while aiming at a man, police say
Mayor Bill de Blasio said there would be extra police presence in the area Friday.
Brooklyn North Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey said: ‘This is something that happened pretty much in broad daylight.
‘This is the time more than ever for our communities to partner with our police department and we know that we already do that, but we have to do that even more because we can’t let incidents like this go unchecked and we can’t let shooters believe that they can do this with impunity.’