Police marveled at the brazenness - the outright disregard for humanity at the center of a beef between members of rival gangs in broad daylight.
One of them was a 71-year-old Enriqueta Rivera, who was waiting to cross the street with her back turned to the gunfire. She fell with a bullet in her back."I heard three shots and I ran. When I ran, everybody else ran. When I came she was on the floor I gave CPR," one witness said.Another bullet hit a 34-year-old woman in the left arm. She had been standing with her friend when the shooting started. She was taken to the same hospital, where she is in stable condition.
It's the third incident in as many days in the NYPD's 40th Precinct where innocent bystanders have been caught in the crossfire. Those incidents involved four victims, ranging in age from 8 to 71, who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.in the thigh on Tuesday. He had just gotten off the school bus and was with his grandmother, waiting to cross the street on Beekman Avenue.
A 29-year-old man was shot once in the ankle, and a 67-year-old man was shot once in the arm. They were both taken to St. Barnabas where they are expected to survive.A third victim, a 24-year-old man, walked into St. Barnabas with numerous gunshot wounds throughout the body. He's expected to survive. Police are investigating whether he was the intended target of the shooting.
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