{"id":6798,"date":"2025-06-23T01:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/6798\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T01:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:55:16","slug":"15-year-old-boy-shot-while-riding-scooter-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/6798\/","title":{"rendered":"15-year-old boy shot while riding scooter in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC3451.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Scooter on ground at scene in Brooklyn where boy was shot\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"15-year-old boy shot while riding scooter in Brooklyn 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cops in Brooklyn are searching for a gunman who shot a teen in the back on Saturday night as he rode his kick scooter on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Cops in <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooklyn<\/a> are searching for a gunman who shot a teen in the back on Saturday night as he rode his kick scooter on the sidewalk.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, officers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd83pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">83rd Precinct<\/a> received a 911 call reporting an assault in progress along Broadway and Furman Avenue in Bushwick at approximately 7:19 p.m. on June 21.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving at the scene, cops discovered the victim, a 15-year-old boy, who suffered a gunshot wound to the back.\n<\/p>\n<p>The boy was rushed to Maimonides Hospital, where he underwent surgery and is expected to survive.\n<\/p>\n<p>The victim\u2019s bright blue scooter was spotted on the sidewalk between police tape as law enforcement investigating the shooting discovered several shell casings.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_2175.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137773774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_2175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"787\" title=\"15-year-old boy shot while riding scooter in Brooklyn 2\"  \/><\/a>The victim\u2019s bright blue scooter was spotted on the sidewalk between police tape as law enforcement investigating the shooting discovered several shell casings.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell\n<\/p>\n<p>While cops say they have yet to pin down a motive for gun violence, sources familiar with the incident reported that the boy was believed to be the intended target.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they are looking for a gunman dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt who was last seen fleeing northbound on Granite Street.\n<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation, police reported Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this shooting can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC3456.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137773775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC3456.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"15-year-old boy shot while riding scooter in Brooklyn 3\"  \/><\/a>A child\u2019s bright blue scooter could be observed strewn across the sidewalk between police tape as law enforcement investigating the shooting discovered several shell casings.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cops in Brooklyn are searching for a gunman who shot a teen in the back on Saturday night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[8184,5229,8185,4222,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,7207,101,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-6798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-83-precinct","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-cops","11":"tag-gun-violence","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nypd","19":"tag-police","20":"tag-shooting","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114730193629505306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}