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| Boy, 14, charged with shooting dead bystander on New York City bus | Boy, 14, charged with shooting dead bystander on New York City bus |
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| A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly firing a gun on a New York City bus in a suspected gang dispute, killing an innocent bystander. | |
| Angel Rojas, 39, reportedly a Dominican immigrant and married father of two, was shot in the head. | Angel Rojas, 39, reportedly a Dominican immigrant and married father of two, was shot in the head. |
| Authorities have not located the intended target of the shooting, but have detained a teenager and the weapon he allegedly used. | |
| New York City's homicide rate fell to a record low last year. | New York City's homicide rate fell to a record low last year. |
| The shooting occurred on a bus in Brooklyn on Thursday evening. | The shooting occurred on a bus in Brooklyn on Thursday evening. |
| Woodlyn Fenelus, a volunteer ambulance worker, told CBS News: "There was a lot of blood everywhere, and I saw the patient leaning against the window of the bus, holding his neck because of the injury. He was still alive." | Woodlyn Fenelus, a volunteer ambulance worker, told CBS News: "There was a lot of blood everywhere, and I saw the patient leaning against the window of the bus, holding his neck because of the injury. He was still alive." |
| As passengers fled, the suspect got off the bus, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district, and fired five more shots at a person running away. | As passengers fled, the suspect got off the bus, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district, and fired five more shots at a person running away. |
| Mr Rojas was taken to hospital, but died a short time later. | |
| The New York Daily News reports that Mr Rojas' wife fell to her knees and wept when she was told of his death, at their apartment in Brownsville, east Brooklyn. | The New York Daily News reports that Mr Rojas' wife fell to her knees and wept when she was told of his death, at their apartment in Brownsville, east Brooklyn. |