Tea'Arion Mungo loved to dance and sing and write and tell stories , but a gunman's bullet ended all that, the New York Daily News website reports today (Oct.29, 2024).
In fact, the shooting deaths of five teenagers in five days has shaken New York City, and families mourning their children's unfulfilled promise and shattered dreams.
Mungo "wanted to work as an electrician," his grandmother Elizabeth Mungo said.
"It's unbelievable. It's heartbreaking. " said Tenille House, 48, after her neighbor,Clarence Jones, 16, died following an early--morning shooting Oct. 24 on a Harlem street corner.
"It's just too much as a parent. Nobody wants to get that phone call. No parent should have to bury their child . Anytime your phone rings at 1,2,3 in the morning it's never good news." That call came after young Clarence died that Thursday.
On Friday, a 15--year--old boy was shot and killed in Brooklyn. On Saturday, a 16--year--old Brooklyn boy suffered the same fate.
On Sunday, a 15--year--old boy was killed with a gun in Brooklyn. And on Monday, an 18--year--old Bronx boy was shot to death.
The violence that has gripped the city recently has left residents, community leaders, and police scrambling for answers and solutions.
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