Gunman in shocking Bronx shooting in front of young children captured
NEW YORK - The man accused of opening fire on a 24-year-old in broad daylight on a Bronx street last week in a shocking shooting that miraculously missed two young children was arrested, the NYPD.
27-year-old Michael Lopez, of Harlem, was walked out of the 44th Precinct on Friday afternoon.
According to authorities, Lopez is a gang member who has been arrested five times and was on parole for a 2014 attempted murder at the time of the shooting.
Lopez has been charged with attempted murder and reckless endangerment, as well as a number of other charges.
"Please help us put an end to gun violence that is destroying our communities," said Bronx County District Attorney Darcel Clark at a press conference on Lopez's arrest. "This case got worldwide attention because of the video and those children, but there are cases like this every day, where lives are being ruined. No-one hears about them, but the damage is there."
The disturbing video from June 17 shows the gunman fire multiple times at the victim as a girl attempts to shield a young child on the ground next to the victim.
The shooting took place at about 6:45 p.m. on Sheridan Ave. in the Claremont neighborhood in the Bronx.
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The video shows the 24-year-old victim running and then tripping over the two children.
The gunman runs up and starts shooting, hitting the man in the back. The victim attempts to climb off of the children as the gunman runs up and starts shooting him in the legs.
The NYPD says the shooter jumped onto a scooter being driven by another man and then sped off from the scene.
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The victim ended up at a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. He was listed in stable condition.
The children were not seriously injured.
The NYPD released a video of the shooting in hopes that someone could identify the gunman or the man on the scooter.