NYPD arrests two men charged in stray-bullet shooting in the Bronx
On Friday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested two men who were charged in the stray-bullet shooting death of 61-year-old Juana Esperanza Soriano De-Perdomo in the Bronx on Monday.
Donald Johnson, 20, and Rakell Hampton, 33, were charged with murder, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.
“Both men are residents of the Bronx. Both have lengthy criminal histories,” Sewell said.
“As I said at the scene of this crime, this is another example of pointless violence on the streets of our city.
Soriano De-Perdomo was shot in the back Monday night when two groups opened fire on each other down the block on 188th Street off the Grand Concourse.
Soriano De-Perdomo’s death came less than a week after 12-year-old Kade Lewin was fatally struck by a stray bullet in Brooklyn, and just days before that, a 3-year-old was shot in the shoulder while leaving day care but survived.
