NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are searching for a man captured on video firing a gun at a 16-year-old boy on a Queens sidewalk over the weekend.
Just before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 18, the suspect approached the victim in front of a 99 cents store located at 110-54 Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, brandished a handgun, and discharged it, striking the teen in his right leg, according to officials.
The gunman fled on foot.
The teen was transported in stable condition to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
