BROWNSVILLE - A one-year-old boy was fatally shot in the
head in Brooklyn on Sunday evening.
The shooting occurred around 7:20 at the Marcus Garvey
Complex in the Brownsville section.
Eyewitness News is told that an unfinished dispute broke
out, and ended with gunshots. The bullet may have been intended for the baby's
father.
Police report that the parents were trying to cross Livonia Avenue with
their baby when someone pulled the trigger.
The boy, who was identified as Antiq Hennis, was transported
to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Eyewitness News
is told that Hennis was starting to talk and walk, and was starting to show
such beautiful personality.
"He always played with the dog and everything
else," said the victim's' aunt, Cheryl Steele.
Community activist Willie Billips drove the young parents to
the hospital to perform the horrible task of identifying Antiq.
"This senseless foolishness in Brownsville has got to
stop," adds Billips.
Residents have been calling community activists with leads
and names, because this incident was one too many for the community to handle.
So far no arrests have been made, and the investigation is
ongoing.
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