A little girl in a baby carriage lost her eye to a stray bullet after a gunman opens fire outside an apartment complex on Wednesday in Staten Island, NY.
A 1-year-old girl sitting in a stroller was shot in the head by a gunman who police believe may have been trying to target one of her uncles, and her family said Wednesday she has lost an eye.
A young man police believed to be responsible for pulling the trigger was in custody at a local precinct early Thursday.
Damark King, 19, of Staten Island, was arrested some time before 5 a.m. and charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal use of a firearm and reckless endangerment in connection with the shooting.
Police said the toddler, Samyah Bailey, who is just shy of her second birthday, was in her stroller outside Staten Island’s Arlington Apartments Public Housing complex when a gunman — possibly targeting one of the girl’s uncles — misfired. The slug hit Samyah’s face.
The shooting unfolded around lunchtime Wednesday. A short time later, police arrested four men, including the alleged shooter.
The wounded child, who turns 2 in December, was taken to Richmond University Medical Center by her grandmother, Patricia Mahoney who says, “It’s a senseless shooting an innocent baby got shot being outside playing on a nice day.”
Surgeons were operating on Samyah’s brain late into the night. Her family said one of her eyes is lost.
Via: blackmediascoop.com
