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Gunman Shot 9-Year-Old Bronx Boy

08/31/2012 23:04:00 By Peter Milosheff, viewed 669 times.
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Police are looking for a man accused of shooting a 9-year-old boy in the South Bronx Monday evening.

The child was with his mother at East 157th Street and Walton Avenue about 6:15 p.m. August 27, 2012 when the suspect fired several shots, one of which struck the boy in the lower left leg, police said.

The victim was taken in a neighbor's car to Lincoln Hospital, where he was in stable condition, police said.

Police arrested Roxanne Anico, 26, who is accused of driving a getaway car, and charged her with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment, police said.

Now police are looking for the gunman, described as an 18-to-20-year-old man wearing a black T-shirt and a multicolored hat.

Police are offering a $12,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the shooting.

Anyone with information on the case should contact the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, or text CRIMES and then enter TIP577, or visit NYPDCrimestoppers.com.

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

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Matt Anderson, MD

is an Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Social Medicine and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. Much of Dr. Anderson's current activity involves managing the Social Medicine Curriculum for the Department of Family and Social Medicine. He also maintains an active clincal practice.