NYPD cop's son, 12, fatally shot during Bronx brawl
The 12-year-old son of a cop was fatally gunned down by random shots fired into a crowd outside a Bronx bodega Saturday — where the youngster was seen on heartbreaking video staggering inside clutching his injured chest before collapsing onto the floor.
The gunfire erupted after a brawl broke out on Elliot Place near the Grand Concourse at about 5:30 p.m., injuring two people and killing the 12-year-old who was an innocent bystander, police said.
The young boy had stopped by the Wanda Deli Grocery on Elliot Place to purchase a ball when he was struck by the stray bullet, the United Bodegas of America said.
“He heard a commotion at the store. The bullet went straight into his chest. He fell off his bike,” the 12-year-old’s uncle Julio Lopez told The Post after returning from the hospital.
The youngster’s father, who was a sergeant, was in Connecticut at the time of the shooting and raced down to the Bronx after hearing what happened, Lopez said.
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