Teen left paralyzed by stray bullet at NYC soccer recreation: cops, sources

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A 16-year-old boy was struck by a stray bullet and left paralyzed when gunfire erupted throughout a Brooklyn soccer recreation over the weekend, cops and sources stated. 

The teenager – who was not the supposed goal – was shot within the again round 4:15 p.m. Sunday throughout a recreation at Avenue J and East sixteenth Road in Midwood, authorities and sources stated. 

He was taken to Maimonides Medical Heart, the place his accidents are thought of non-life-threatening – however the errant slug left him paralyzed, the sources stated. 


A 16-year-old boy was struck by a stray bullet throughout a Sunday afternoon soccer recreation at Avenue J and East sixteenth Road in Midwood, authorities and sources stated.  Gregory P. Mango

A 16-year-old boy was  struck by a stray bullet during a Sunday afternoon football game at Avenue J and East 16th Street in Midwood, authorities and sources said. 
The teenager was left paralyzed by the stray slug, sources stated. Gregory P. Mango

Two suspects, final seen sporting black monitor fits and face masks, fled the scene and had not been caught by Tuesday, cops and sources stated.

Seven shell casings had been recovered on the scene, and a gun was discovered a couple of block away, in line with the sources.

It stays unclear whether or not the wounded teen was a part of the soccer recreation or if he was watching on the sidelines.

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