“This is a quiet, middle-class, close-knit neighborhood,” said Councilman Donovan J. Richards, a Democrat who represents both areas. So we’re certainly not used to this level of shootings, bombs going off and the pedestrians being hit. It’s really put the community on edge.”The neighborhoods are part of the 105th Precinct, the fifth-largest in the city at more than 12 square miles. Mr. Grange was home on Friday evening and heard the explosion, then stepped outside to a scene he described as “terrible.”Mr. Grange said he hurried across the street to help Mr. Wray, who was on his knees in front of the house, conscious. That Mr. Wray could speak at all was remarkable, Mr. Grange said.

Source: New York Times July 31, 2017 01:18 UTC