For teenagers walking to and from school, what should be child’s play can quickly turn into our worst nightmare.
near North Queens Community High School. On Oct. 26, a 14-year-old was shot in the ankle near Tottenville High School in Staten Island. On April 27, two Francis Lewis High School students were severely injured in a drive-by shooting in the Fresh Meadows area. On April 8, Angellyh Yambo, an honors student, was walking home from her school in the South Bronx when she was shot and killed, while two classmates were wounded.this year, some while commuting to and from school.
She’s taking precautions. “I have become more alert to my surroundings. I try to minimize the places I go to. I try to look around to get a closer look at where I am.”on April 27 hit too close to home for Francis Lewis students when two classmates were struck about 4:10 p.m. on 188th Street near 64th Avenue — a shopping area well-known and visited by many.Two other students, both 17, suffered gun wound injuries while walking from University Prep Charter HS.
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