A Texas boy is lucky to be alive after a drive-by gunshot bullet crashed through his apartment window, killing him just inches from his home, disturbing security footage from inside his home shows. confirmed.
The video shows 9-year-old Errol Hill climbing onto a couch in the living room at about 7:30 p.m., just as dust and smoke pour into the home through the front window. , the boy backed away in fear and hid in the shadows. It’s like a washing machine.
“It came through the wall” Shaken but unharmed young man told NBC 5.
“I thought it was fireworks, but then I heard a scream and looked outside.”
The May 1 shooting at the Miramar apartment complex in Fort Worth injured six people, including four children, and the victims ranged in age from 3 to 19, according to local reports.
Errol hit the deck as an unknown number of bullets whizzed overhead, then waited for the bullets to subside before running to his mother, Mary Jane Gonzalez, who was in the next room.
After Gonzalez, a medical assistant, determined that her son and two other children were safe, she heard neighbors screaming from downstairs and ran outside to see if she could help, where she learned six people had been shot.
She tried to stop the bleeding in several victims, including a 3-year-old who later had to undergo repeat surgery. removed the kidney as a result of her injury.
“That was really difficult for me,” Gonzalez said. “I saw her go in and out of consciousness.”
Her mother later told the outlet that the incident had left a permanent scar on her and her family, making her want to move out of the apartment she had called home for the past four years.
“It changed our lives forever. We are traumatized,” she said. “I’ve never seen anyone get shot, let alone a child.”
Forth Worth police said in a statement that one of the six victims suffered minor injuries at the scene and refused treatment. The infant and four others were taken to area hospitals, but their current health conditions were not immediately available.
Fort Worth’s Las Vegas Trail neighborhood, where the shooting occurred, suffers from high levels of crime and poverty. According to local authorities.
No arrests have been announced yet, and Forth Worth police are asking for information from the public to help identify the suspect and his vehicle at 817-392-4222.
