Husband is left paralyzed after being hit by stray bullet when he insisted on walking to the store with his new wife to hold her umbrella in gentrified Brooklyn as gun violence in NYC spirals out of control
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Sam Metcalfe was innocent bystander who was shot in Brooklyn on Wednesday
Footage shows BMW driver open fire in broad daylight at Flatbush intersection
Bullet hit the 33-year-old Metcalfe's spine, though he did survive
Malcolm Amede, 18, a suspected Crips gang member, was fatally shot
Metcalfe was walking with his wife, Sabrina, to the store to buy toothpaste
Video footage shows Good Samaritans tending to Metcalfe after he was shot
Intersection where shooting took place has been described as 'shooting gallery'
At least five people have been shot in same area in the last 10 days
New York City saw 11 shootings overnight on Thursday, with three people dead
One man, 23, was killed outside McDonald's in Downtown Brooklyn
Two others were killed in separate shootings in East Tremont section of Bronx
Shootings in the city were up 177% in July from the same month last year
By Ariel Zilber and Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com
Published: 02:16 EDT, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 12:10 EDT, 22 August 2020
An innocent bystander who was shot in broad daylight in Brooklyn on Wednesday will likely never walk again after a bullet struck his spine while he walked with his wife to buy toothpaste from a nearby store.
The tragic shooting is one of several incidents of gun violence in New York City, where homicides surged by 29 per cent to 244 from January 1 to August 2 from the same period last year.
The five boroughs have also seen an 84.6 per cent rise in shooting victims to 1,017 during those dates compared with the same period in 2019, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Video of the shooting's aftermath just south of Prospect Park on Wednesday shows Good Samaritans coming to the aid of Metcalfe as he lay wounded in the intersection of Ocean and Woodruff avenues in Flatbush
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