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Several teens were shot after a man opened fire while riding his bike in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, according to a statement by the New York Police Department.
The gunman fired from his bike at three teenagers outside a Brooklyn apartment building Monday night, wounding two and leading to an impressive display of courage by the third teen.
Police said that a 19-year-old was hit in the back and a 13-year-old was hit in the behind. Both teens were hospitalized after being rushed from the scene and are expected to survive, police said.
One of the teens owes his life to his friend, who pulled him from the sidewalk and dragged him into a building, thereby saving him from the murderer, a video caught by CCTV showed.
The three young men were walking toward the front door of a building on Crown St. near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights at 8:00 pm, when two men wearing dark hoodies on bike rolled down the street, the video, shot from a camera inside the lobby of the building, showed.
Seconds later, the bike returned, clearly intending to cause problems, and fired at the teens.
The injured teens were taken to the emergency room of Kings County Hospital and were listed in stable condition Monday night, police said.
Investigators recovered a gun at the scene, ditched under a car and a bike.
“These senseless shootings in the neighborhood needs to stop. Luckily, the teens will survive, and I hope police find and arrest the suspects,” Ethel Shah, 24, of Brooklyn, New York told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the shooting.
Police have not made any arrests so far.