NEW YORK - Four people
were shot in separate shootings in Brooklyn on Sunday.
Sunday night, police continue to hunt for the suspect they
say who shot three people and who allegedly fired at police officers. The night
was marred with a third shooting in Brooklyn just this weekend involving young
victims.
Police found shell casings and a magazine ditched on a
Flatbush street by a suspect who allegedly shot three people on Lenox Avenue
late Sunday afternoon and then took off running.
Police say the suspect fired at officers who showed up at
the scene.
Pastor Marc Louicius-Jean was just wrapping up a service
when he heard the commotion.
"I heard the noise book ‘boom boom' four to five times
and I got out and see someone lying on the ground."
A 24-year-old man, a 25-year-old man and a 42 year-old man
were shot in Sunday night's shooting. All three men were taken to Kings County
Hospital with one of the men listed in serious condition. The shooting was one
of at least three involving young people in Brooklyn this weekend.
On Friday night, 11-year-old Tayloni Mazyck was standing
outside her Bed-Stuy home waiting to be picked up, when gunman opened fire, he
was apparently aiming at two men who were standing nearby.
Tayloni was struck in the neck and now her family says she
may be paralyzed permanently.
Authorities later arrested 17-year-old Kane Cooper.
"I just burst into tears," said Daiquan Mazyck,
Tayloni's brother. "Why? Why my little sister? Why the baby?
Earlier on Sunday, a 15-year-old was shot in the leg in
Brownsville, as community advocates gathered there to rally against gun
violence.
Shots erupted here in Flatbush.
"It's guns and we have to get these guns off the
street," said Tony Herbert, Community Advocate.
You hate to think that it's happening each and every day,
but it certainly seems that way," said Ron Howell.
Howell lives a few blocks from this latest shooting, tonight
expressing the frustration many feel in the wake of this latest round of
violence.
"This after Bed-Stuy and Brownsville is just almost too
much to take -- something's got to be done. Everyone says that and it sounds
trite but..."
Police are still looking for the suspect involved in this
latest shooting of three men. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Any information provided will remain
confidential.
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