An 11-year-old boy was shot in the arm inside a NYCHA building in Brooklyn late Monday, police said.
The injured child told police he was on the third floor of the Brownsville House building on Howard Avenue near Atlantic Avenue when someone struck him in the left forearm around 11 p.m., authorities and sources said. he stated.
He was taken to Maimonides Medical Center where he was listed in stable condition.
New York City police could not immediately confirm whether the preschooler was the intended target or whether the shooting was accidental.
The riots occurred weeks after a 2-year-old boy was shot in the right hip by a stray bullet at East Fordham Road and Grand Concourse in the Bronx.
Police said 20-year-old Freddy Flores has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting death of the toddler.
Tyrell Williams, 17, was also charged with murder in the shooting death of Lakai Dash, 17, in the Bronx in early March over a social media argument between his high school girlfriends. announced by the authorities.
