Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence gathers the day after a Wakefi eld teen
was shot. Photo courtesy David Caba
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BY ALIYA SCHNEIDER AND
JASON COHEN
A 13-year-old boy was shot
in Wakefi eld on his way to
school the Tuesday before
Thanksgiving by a man out
on parole and bail for separate
gun charges, and a local organization
is trying to make sure
the community can adequately
cope.
On Nov. 23, offi cers from
the 47th Precinct responded
to a call of shots fi red at 928 E.
223rd St. at 7:20 a.m. Upon arrival,
they found a teenager
with a gunshot wound to his
neck. He was immediately
transferred to Jacobi Hospital
and was in stable condition, police
said that day.
On Tuesday — a week after
the incident — an NYPD
spokesman said they are not
aware of a change in the boy’s
condition.
The police quickly established
a crime scene after fi nding
the victim, Assistant Chief
Kenneth Lehr, commander of
NYPD Patrol Borough Bronx
said at a press conference the
day of the incident. While looking
for ballistic evidence, they
encountered a man — Hubert
Wiggs — who put something on
the ground — soon identifi ed
as a fi rearm — before quickly
picking it up.
Lehr said the cops told
Wiggs, 36, to drop the six-shot
revolver, but he initially tried
to hide it in his waistband. After
further commands, he put
it down and was taken into custody
without incident.
Further investigation revealed
that Wiggs was on parole
for a 2010 fi rearm conviction
and out on bail for a
pending gun charge from 2019,
the assistant chief said.
“This individual today is on
the street while on parole for a
fi rearm, while out on bail on
another fi rearm, and today he
is walking around the Bronx
with a fi rearm,” Lehr said.
“We have a 13-year-old boy shot
in the neck and for the grace of
God he is alive here today. So
this continues to happen, and
you have to ask yourself, was
this necessary? I do not think
this is necessary. This should
not have happened.”
Wiggs was charged with attempted
murder, assault, criminal
possession of a weapon,
reckless endangerment and
menacing.
The day after the shooting,
members of Bronx Rises
Against Gun Violence (BRAG)
gathered where the boy was
shot to rally against the violence.
David Caba, the group’s senior
program director, told the
Bronx Times that while the
shooting was not gang-related,
it took place in one of the hot
spots the group monitors for
violence. He said staff members
frequent target areas at
night — places they are from
themselves — to de-escalate
potential violence. This teen,
however, was shot in broad
daylight.
The Bronx-based group,
part of Good Shepherd Services,
promotes safer streets
and anti-violent community
norms in the borough. The
group believes in using “credible
messengers,” or people
from and familiar with communities
at high risk of violence,
who can use confl ict mediation
skills to reason with
and relate to young people who
may have weapons on them.
“One of the major components
of the future of public
safety is community-based
programs that employ credible
messengers,” Caba said.
“Credible messengers have a
unique reach that you will not
fi nd elsewhere. It is a fi eld that
is growing rapidly, that is for
and by our communities, specifi
cally our communities of
color.”
BRAG is offering their free
services to friends, family
and other community members
connected to the shooting
victim, with an emphasis on
non-violent healing after traumatic
experiences.
“At the end of the day, we
have to heal from this,” Caba
said.
The group tries to intervene
before people who may
be angry in response to their
loved ones being hurt turn to
violence to cope. Staff members
also work with families
of victims to provide resources
like relocation, if
necessary. Caba said he does
not anticipate the teen boy’s
family needing to relocate in
Following Wakefi eld teen
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