Video Shows Terrified Girl, Others Run as Man Fires at Crowd
Terrified bystanders — including a little girl with a backpack — rushed to take cover after a gunman fired into a crowd on a sidewalk in broad daylight, newly-obtained surveillance video shows.
The suspect walked up to a 19-year-old man walking with a group of four other people in front of 115 Gerard Ave. in Concourse around 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22 and fired three rounds, police said.
No one was hit, but the gunshots sent the crowd into a panic.
Video from the scene shows a young girl in pink leggings and a backpack rush down an alleyway and up a flight of stairs to a landing outside an apartment building after the gunman, standing mere feet from her, fires the shots.
Another woman flees up the stairs and comforts the trembling, crying girl, video shows. Someone in the apartment building eventually lets the girl and the woman inside.
Community members were outraged after the shooting.
“My heart dropped when I saw the little girl running for her life,” community activist Awilda Cordero told News 4. “She was so smart, because she saw him shooting, and the first thing she did, she turned around and just started running.”
Police sources told News 4 they believe the gunfire was gang-related. The gunman is still at large.
"We need to get him. This is crazy," Cordero said. "Especially when there are kids around. She's not the only child that was running."
"If he did it now and didn't care, he will continue doing it," she added.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.
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