The mother of the 14-year-old boy has sympathy for the shooter because he does not have good influences around him.
decried the city’s surging gun violence, telling The Post Tuesday that “it could happen to anyone.”
“I’m just speechless because there’s so many guns on the street and I don’t know what the solution is,” the mom said, as the city grapples with a nearly 15 percent uptick in shootings as of Sunday compared to last year, according to the latest NYPD data. Doctors removed the bullet from her son’s ankle and one of his bones was broken, she said. The teen, who plays basketball, was sent home in a cast and crutches Monday night.Paul Martinka“But it could have been worse,” the mom continued. “We’re holding onto the fact that he did not die. My son just started at the school. He was simply going to the train station to get home.”
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