They murdered a young man in New York after mistaking him for someone else

Violence in the United States does not stop growing, and the most important part lies in the increase in the use of firearms among the civilian population. This problem generated a new victim in Brooklynwhere a young man identified as Christian Montrose, 19 years old, lost his life in a violent act.

“When he gets out of the car, he strikes up a conversation and ends up getting shot. He was shot several times: three gunshot wounds. One on the right side of his face, which knocks out some of his teeth, another on the right side of his abdomen and another on his right forearm,” Kenny explained, according to the media. The New York Post.

After the attack, The young man entered his apartment and met his brother, to whom he wanted to speak, but the gunshot wounds did not allow him to express himself. His family immediately took him to Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, where he died.

In the course of the investigation, the local police chief assured that everything indicates that It was a case of mistaken identity., due to the young man's clean criminal history and the statements they received from neighbors, who revealed that the victim's only interest was cars.

“He was basically a good kid who unfortunately resides in an area where we have had a lot of gang violence and probably in a case of mistaken identity, he gets shot“Kenny said. According to his sister's statements, the young man was outside during the early hours of the morning because he had taken a friend of his home from work.

According to the most recent information, they have not yet made any arrests in relation to the case, but they determined that the car from which the young man was shot was previously stolen in the Bronx.

Gun violence in the United States

According to information collected on the official Amnesty International website, During the year 2022 there were 45,222 deaths from firearms, one of the main causes of death in the country. Additionally, in the same year, there were 46 school shootings, more than in any year since 1999.