An innocent bystander who was shot during an apparent drive-by shooting on a Brooklyn street Tuesday evening described the horrifying moment he realized he had been shot.
Alia Abdul-Raheem, 32, was walking down Malcolm X Boulevard to her home in Bedford-Stuyvesant after work around 7 p.m. when she heard gunshots.
“I looked up and saw a car passing really fast and the windows were down and I thought I heard gunshots coming from the car,” Abdul Raheem, who works at a record label, told The Post on Wednesday. Ta.
“And the next thing I knew, I felt a shock in my chest, and I looked down and saw a hole in my coat through my shirt.”
Abdulraheem, in a state of shock, rushed home as fast as he could.
“I didn't have any blood at the time. I didn't really know what was going on. I was just in pain and in shock, so I kept walking home.”
Only when she got there did she realize how serious her situation was.
“Then when I got home, my sister opened my coat and saw that I had a big cut and a gash on my chest,” she said.
Mr. Abdulraheem went to NewYork-Presbyterian's emergency room, where a nurse immediately examined him, examined his wound and took X-rays.
Fortunately, the bullet did not enter her chest. Police reported the injury as a graze.
Abdulraheem said doctors told her she was lucky “all things considered” and that “actually it could have been worse.”
A 15-year-old boy was also shot and killed by the same suspect or group of suspects, police said.
Police said the boy was struck in the left ankle on Chauncey Street near Malcolm X Boulevard. Investigators believe he was the intended target, officials said.
He was taken to the hospital, where his condition is stable.
Less than 24 hours after the shooting, Abdulraheem said he was in physical pain and in emotional shock.
She said she has lived in the neighborhood for eight years and has never felt unsafe, but she expects it will be tough the first few times she makes the same walk to and from the subway to work. Ta.
“It's scary. I'm a little upset,” she said.
Abdulraheem wants the city to take guns off the streets and out of the hands of teens.
“The kid who was shot was 15 years old. You know these kids are young. They don't even know what they're doing or why. [do they have] gun?
“It was 7 o'clock on a Tuesday. If gun control had been better, this wouldn't have happened,” she said.
No arrests had been made as of early Thursday morning, police said. Investigation is ongoing.
