YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT: Press Release Concerning The Three Yonkers Teenagers Charged In The Shooting Of A Six-Year-Old Child

YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT: Press Release Concerning The Three Yonkers Teenagers Charged In The Shooting Of A Six-Year-Old Child

PRESS RELEASE DETAILS: Three teenagers were arrested and charged in connection with a Thursday shooting in Yonkers, New York, that left a six-year-old boy in the hospital.

The alleged assailants, males aged 15, 16, and 17, were charged with a variety of offenses related to the shooting. The 15-year-old and the 17-year-old were identified by police as the alleged shooters and charged with second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault.

The 16-year-old was charged with hindering prosecution and criminal possession of a handgun.

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Police say the 6-year-old boy was struck by a stray bullet after he opened the front door to a family member.

The intended targets were two people exiting a taxi near the boy’s home.

Investigators believe the shooting was motivated by an “escalation of disputes and group violence involving juveniles and young adults.”

The six-year-old, whose identity is being withheld, was listed as in "stable condition" at a local trauma center.

The alleged shooters were remanded to a juvenile detention center, and the teenager whom police say acted as an accomplice was released to his family.