He walked outdoors to complete a small home task, but instead the 13-year-old youngster was attacked and molested in the Bronx. Neighbors are upset about what happened and feel outraged and repulsed by the culprit, and police are currently searching for him.
However, those feelings are little compared to the depth of the community’s sympathy for the targeted boy.
Marlene Gayle resides at the Monroe Houses, which are close to Taylor and Story Avenues, the location of the incidents.
She remarked, “I felt so sorry for him, I felt sorry for him.” “I’m so sorry for him,”
According to police, the teenager went outside about 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday to take out the trash. Investigators claimed that while he was out, a man grabbed him, dragged him into a stairway, and abused him sexually. The youngster was brought to a nearby hospital.
In the meantime, residents of the neighborhood expressed their displeasure and anger.
Ulysses Jenkins, who resides in a building near the crossing, remarked, “That’s a baby.” “[He’s] still attempting to succeed in life.”
Although renters can utilize the garbage chutes on each floor of the public housing complex, heavier waste bags are stated to be difficult to squeeze through them. Consequently, households must drop off the larger bags outside. Locals claimed that the boy’s attack may have occurred in this particular instance.
Complex resident Juan Ortiz called it “shocking.” “It’s shocking to hear about it, and I have a 10-year-old.”
According to neighbors, police frequently patrol the complex and its surroundings. According to the NYPD, a man who is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, has a slim frame, and is wearing blue and black jeans is the target of an investigation by detectives from its special victims’ unit.
Locals in the neighborhood want him imprisoned as soon as possible. Jenkins, a neighbor here, remarked, “I feel like crying in the interim. I also feel bad for the family.