Video shows moment 7-year-old NYC boy, dad hit by BB pellets in possible hate crime

New video reveals the second a 7-year-old boy and his father had been hit by BB gun pellets in a Staten Island incident that authorities are investigating as a potential anti-Semitic hate crime. 

The dad and son — sporting conventional Jewish garb — had been returning a procuring cart in entrance of the Kosher Island market within the Meiers Corners neighborhood when somebody fired at them from a passing black sports activities automotive round 4:20 p.m. Sunday, in accordance with police and the footage.  

The boy ducked and turned towards his father, who tended to him after they had been struck, in accordance with the video, launched by the Shmira Public Security patrol. 

The dad was struck within the chest and the boy was grazed within the ear. Each had been handled for minor accidents, in accordance with cops.

The NYPD’s Hate Crime Activity Power is investigating the incident, the division confirmed Monday. 

The suspect — who stated nothing to the daddy and younger son — was driving a black Ford Mustang with no license plate and fled on Victory Boulevard towards Richmond Avenue.

The daddy and son had been sporting conventional Jewish garb and returning a procuring cart exterior the market when somebody fired BB pellets at them from a passing sports activities automotive.

Shmira Public Security

The 7-year-old boy is proven ducking as somebody fired BB pellets at him and his dad from a passing automotive.

Shmira Public Security

The shooter was nonetheless at massive Monday.

In accordance with the NYPD, there have been 571 hate crimes reported to date this 12 months, up from 495 throughout the identical interval in 2021, a 15.4% leap.

Of these, there have been 278 anti-Semitic assaults to date in 2022, in comparison with 182 on the identical time final 12 months, a 52.7% leap, the stats present.

Requested in regards to the spike in hate crimes, Mayor Eric Adams stated at a Metropolis Corridor press convention Monday that each one parts of the Huge Apple — from educators to prosecutors — should be a part of within the effort to curb the rise in such incidents.

The NYPD’s Hate Crime Activity Power is investigating the incident.

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“We will’t solely police our approach out of this, however I additionally suppose prosecutors should ship a powerful message of no plea bargaining,” he stated. 

“If you're discovered responsible of a hate crime, you need to be held absolutely accountable for that crime.”

The mayor added: “I don’t suppose something is extra horrific to an individual to be attacked due to their gender, their way of life, their faith, their ethnicity. That's one thing that we must always maintain pricey. 

“And we’re going to proceed to do our job. We’re going to categorise the crimes,” Adams stated. “We’re not going to attempt to sugarcoat them. If it’s a hate crime, we’re going to name it a hate crime.”