Video shows when boy, 10, was shot in Pompano Beach drive-by. Have you seen this car?
The Broward Sheriff’s Office released a video Monday that shows when a 10-year-old boy was shot in a drive-by shooting near a park last month — with the hopes that people recognize the shooter or the car.
The surveillance footage shows Noah West dribbling a basketball while crossing the street in the 300 block of Northwest 18th Avenue at 6:35 p.m. March 21.
As the boy bounces the ball, a person wearing a green hoodie and long black pants is seen riding a scooter. A few seconds later, a gray sedan drives by, and shots are fired. The scooter rider then drops to the ground, as the boy takes off running. The vehicle then turns north and drives away.
Pompano Beach Fire Rescue paramedics took the boy with a gunshot wound to a hospital. No one else was injured.
“It appears the child was not the intended target in the shooting,” Claudinne Caro, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman, told the Miami Herald last month.
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In an interview with Local 10 last month, April Lofton, Noah’s mother, said he was walking home after playing at Hunters Manor Park, 1801 NW Fourth St., when a person in a car started shooting at a scooter rider wearing a mask.
Lofton said her son, the youngest of five children, was recuperating but scared.
“He doesn’t want the person to come after him,” Lofton told the TV news channel.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on the shooting to contact BSO Violent Crimes Det. Brittany Armstrong at 954-321-4888. If you wish to remain anonymous, contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477), online at browardcrimestoppers.org, or dial **TIPS (8477) from any cellphone in the United States.
