Teenage girl shot dead in Brooklyn
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June 11, 2011, Saturday
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TWO men opened fire on a group of young people on a bench on a packed New York City boardwalk, killing a teenage girl and leaving four men wounded. Police said the shooting may have been gang-related.
The shootings happened just before 5:30pm on Thursday on the Brighton Beach boardwalk in Brooklyn, said police spokesman Paul Browne. All the victims were sitting on the same bench.
He said police were investigating the possibility that the shooting was gang-related, and some people were being questioned. Browne declined to say whether they were potential suspects.
Tysha Jones, 16, died at Coney Island Hospital of a gunshot wound to the torso. The wounded included a 23-year-old man in critical condition with a stomach wound. Also wounded were a 21-year-old, a 25-year-old and a 26-year-old.
Saya Suzuki, 30, was about to sit down inside a boardwalk restaurant with her 6-year-old daughter, Sonya, when the shooting began. Suzuki told reporters she heard about six shots, then grabbed her daughter and saw two teenagers run by her.
"I just picked up my daughter and got away from the bullets," she said. "It happened so quickly and I had to protect my daughter."
The shootings happened just before 5:30pm on Thursday on the Brighton Beach boardwalk in Brooklyn, said police spokesman Paul Browne. All the victims were sitting on the same bench.
He said police were investigating the possibility that the shooting was gang-related, and some people were being questioned. Browne declined to say whether they were potential suspects.
Tysha Jones, 16, died at Coney Island Hospital of a gunshot wound to the torso. The wounded included a 23-year-old man in critical condition with a stomach wound. Also wounded were a 21-year-old, a 25-year-old and a 26-year-old.
Saya Suzuki, 30, was about to sit down inside a boardwalk restaurant with her 6-year-old daughter, Sonya, when the shooting began. Suzuki told reporters she heard about six shots, then grabbed her daughter and saw two teenagers run by her.
"I just picked up my daughter and got away from the bullets," she said. "It happened so quickly and I had to protect my daughter."
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