Two teenagers playing basketball on a New York City playground were shot dead in a shooting caught on surveillance video, among seven firearm-related homicides reported to New York Police on Sunday.
New York Police Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison tweeted on Monday the video showing a hooded figure shooting a gun as he hangs from the sunroof of an SUV as it slowly passes the playground. Shots can be heard.
“The author hit three people, killing two innocent teens playing basketball,” said Harrison.
It happened Sunday night at George Walker Jr. Park in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.
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A New York police spokesman identified the two murder victims Monday as Kleimer Méndez, 16, of Brooklyn, and Antonio Villa, 17, of Queens.
Both were shot in the head.
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Image from the video showing a hooded figure shooting a gun at a New York City basketball court while hanging from the sunroof of an SUV.
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The other person who was shot was a 17-year-old boy who was shot in the leg.
Detectives have not made any arrests and were working to find a motive.
“I heard the shots, five or six shots,” Lawrence LaDoucher told WPIX-TV. “I turned around and there were two lying on the floor.”
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The seven shooting deaths that occurred on Sunday occurred between 12:30 am and 11:30 pm An eighth victim of Sunday’s murder was a woman who was stabbed in the Bronx.
