Davell Gardner, one, was shot in the stomach and later died in the hospital.
Posted on 07/13/2020 1:55:33 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
A 1-year-old boy was shot to death overnight near a playground in Brooklyn.
Police said the child was sitting in a stroller with a group of people having a barbecue when gunfire erupted.
The boy was identified as 1-year-old Davell Gardner Jr.
Mayor Bill de Blasio held a moment of silence during Monday’s press briefing and said he was “heartbroken” over the child’s death.
“We’ve got to take resolve out of every situation like this. We can never give up,” he said. “We can never give up on our children, we can never give up on our families, we can never give up on our neighborhoods — no matter how tough it seems.”
“It means the whole community has to be involved,” he added. “It’s never just about police. It has to be community and police together.”
The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Sunday outside Raymond Bush Playground on Madison Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Sources tell CBS2 police believe two men ambushed the victims and fired more than 20 rounds.
Police said the 1-year-old was shot in the stomach and died at the hospital.
Three adults were also wounded, but were expected to survive.
“You ain’t not gangsta. You a punk. You a punk, with a gun. You think is going to make you a man, but it ain’t,” resident Erica Ford said.
“This whole block should be out here, because veryone knows who’s doing what. They need to knock on those doors and say, listen, if you don’t do something about it, we are,” said Aaron Thomas of St. Albans, Queens.
The family of the 1-year-old lives in a shelter on Chester Street in Bed-Stuy. Throughout the day they sat out in front, grieving, hurt, and still trying to process what happened.
Community advocate Tony Herbert said he wants to see the NYPD’s Anti-Crime Unit back on the streets.
It was another violent weekend in New York City with 22 shootings and 28 victims.
Two hours earlier and nearly two miles away, another child was shot Sunday in Crown Heights.
Police said the 12-year-old boy was sitting in front of a home near Ralph Avenue and Prospect Place.
He was hospitalized in stable condition.
“Everything that was wrong in these communities has been worse since the pandemic. Why did we think the gun violence issue wouldn’t be part of that?” Williams said.
Call the social workers to de-escalate.
What a moron. Nobody will speak the truth about race and violence. Besides, the shooter was just out looking for bread according to AOC. Maybe she misunderstood exactly what kind of “bread” they want.
This kind of thing would not happen if we just defunded the police.
No such thing as gun violence, only thug violence, but we are not allowed to place the blame on the real culprits.
Cowards kill defenseless babies and take down harmless statues. Continuing this trend, I expect that mannequins in stores should be getting very nervous…
Davell Gardner, one, was shot in the stomach and later died in the hospital.
That brain dead twit AOC is calling for just that on her Facebook page....
“The fight to #DefundThePolice won’t only happen in the streets. It’s also going to take place in city halls. The Working Families Party and the Electoral Justice Project of the Movement for Black Lives are coming together to launch the WFP Justice Fund — a new national PAC to advance the movement to defund the police and invest in Black and brown communities.”
“Working families party” = Marxists.
https://www.facebook.com/OcasioCortez
I wouldn't be surprised is he weren't eventually tarred and feathered.
What a beautiful baby. What a shame.
ASK THE BLACKS
BLACK LIVES DO NOT MATTER TO OTHER BLACKS
BUT YET THEY DEMAND THEY MATTER TO EVERYONE ELSE
This is sick and the Mayor deserves plenty of blame for it. Little consolation to this baby. Get used to this folks - lot’s of moments of silence and blaming guns, but the feckless leaders who created and encouraged this environment will not address the elephant in the room.
We need the police to keep a lid on gang violence and criminals. Period. There is no alternative. You cannot fix this degree of criminality with social workers, midnight basketball, or any other fanciful alternative. It takes the police. Men and women willing to confront evil on behalf of their community. However, the mayor has pretty much labeled them as evil so he and others now have a real catch-22.
The answer is obvious and inevitable so the real question now is how many dead children will it take for NYC to say “enough”?
This kind of thing also would not happen if people quit having barbecues at 11:30 at night.
:: Why did we think the gun violence issue wouldn’t be part of that?” Williams said. ::
What don’t you understand about “the new normal”.
Which is what Erica Ford said.
omg...what a darling..
I noticed that as well...must be some good meat sizzling on that grill...
...with their 1-year old with them...
the truth is a certain portion of black folks, mostly males between ages 15 to 35 do the majority of violent crime in this country...a majority....
Another child falls prey to the liberal idiots who run our large cities. NY will be a Chicago like shooting gallery in about 6 months or less.
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