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12-year-old boy shot inside lobby of NYC apartment building

By
Larry Celona,
Joe Marino,
Tina Moore and
David Propper
Published Feb. 1, 2023, 12:41 a.m. ET
A teen was shot inside an apartment on 325 Bristol St. in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
A teen was shot inside an apartment on 325 Bristol St. in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Wayne Carrington

A 12-year-old boy was s🐎hot insid♏e the lobby of a Brooklyn apartment building Tuesday night, police said.

The pr🉐eteen suffered a gunshot wound to the left sđŸĻŠhoulder around 9:20 p.m. inside 325 Bristol St. in Brownsville, the NYPD said.

Police said it’s unclear whether the shooting was intentionalđŸĻ‹ or accidental. The youngster was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition.

Police are spotted at the scene following a report of a teen being shot inside an apartment on Jan 31, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York.
Police are spotted at the scene where a teen was shot inside an apartment on Jan 31, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York. Wayne Carrington

Saiquan Burgess, the victim’s 25-year-old cousin, told The Post his younger relative was hanging ou🃏t with𒁃 several other kids in the lobby before the shooting.

Burgess was upsīˇŊtairs in his apartment when the gunshots ra🙈ng out.

“When I came downstairs to ask him if he was OK, he saidÜĢ ‘(cousin) I got shot,’” Burgess said. “Then he looked at mīˇŊe and put his head down.”

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Police do not know if the shooting was intentional or accidental inside the Brooklyn apartment on Jan. 31, 2023.
Police do not know if the shooting was intentional or accidental inside the Brooklyn apartment on Jan. 31, 2023.Wayne Carrington
Two police officers are spotted in the apartment building where the teen was shot on Jan. 31, 2023.Wayne Carrington
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The other youngsters in the lobby fled by the time Bu🧸rgess made it downstairs, he 💝said.

Sources said the 12-year-old has been unable to provide any information about t꧋he shootđŸŧing so far.

One gun and a caliber casing were recovered at the scene, police and law enforcement sources sai𓆏d.