Last issue, the Norwood News reported on a shooting incident in Bedford Park, but details were sketchy.
Police have now confirmed that a young man was indeed shot on Saturday, May 9, while walking along East 203rd Street from the Grand Concourse toward Valentine Avenue.
Police say two Hispanic young men were walking by a larger group of Hispanic men who were engaged in a dispute. One of men in the group pulled out a shotgun and fired at least one round of buckshot, which releases a spread of tiny pellets. Some of this spray hit one of the passing young men in the back. The other young man fled unharmed.
The injured young man managed to make it to the nearby Sweet Valentine grocery on the corner of East 203rd and Valentine and waited while the owner called the police. The victim described the shooter as a Hispanic male wearing dark clothes, according to police.
It’s still unclear whether the victim was involved in the dispute or an innocent bystander, police said.
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