A man suspected of firing a gun and hitting a 2-year-old boy on a Bronx street over the weekend was arrested Monday afternoon after he reported it to a past offense diversion program, police and law enforcement officials said. Ta.
Freddy Flores, 20, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in downtown Manhattan around 3 p.m. and later charged with attempted murder, police and officials said.
Officials said he was stopped by federal agents in front of 100 Center Street as he was heading to Justice Opportunities in Manhattan for a court appearance stemming from a plea deal he reached in an earlier case last year. That’s what it means.
Flores is accused of firing a stray bullet that struck a toddler in the hip Saturday at East Fordham Road and Grand Concourse.
The boy was taken to the hospital, where his condition is stable.
Multiple shell casings were recovered at the scene, authorities said.
Flores was charged with attempted murder, three counts of assault, weapons possession and reckless endangerment, according to the NYPD.
According to previous criminal charges, Flores was charged with grand theft in March 2023 after he and an accomplice allegedly went rummaging through mailboxes on the Upper East Side.
He later pleaded guilty to petty theft, a misdemeanor, and although he received no prison time, he was given six prison terms at Manhattan Justice Opportunities, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
“Manhattan Justice Opportunities provides community-based diversion and sentencing options to reduce incarceration and conviction for people charged with both misdemeanors and felonies,” the program explains on its website. did.
