FORDHAM, THE BRONX (PIX11) -- Survivors of violence and families of crime victims gathered in the Bronx Thursday night in a show of support for each other.
The gathering at an event space in the Bronx Zoo was organized by the Bronx District Attorney's Office, with help from the unit that offers support services to victims.
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark told PIX 11 News, "The Bronx events are so important, so Bronx folks can know they have each other."
The event comes as two New Yorkers were shot and killed in two days by bullets meant for someone else.
Excenia Mette, 61, died Tuesday night after running outside on Lenox Avenue when hearing gunshots. She feared her 24-year-old grandson was in the line of fire. On Wednesday night, 28-year-old Daoud Marji died of a bullet wound to his head on University Avenue in the Bronx. A 33-year-old woman was shot in the hip and survived. Both of the Bronx victims were also innocent bystanders.
Darcel Clark said, "We are trying to get to the root causes of why so many young people are deciding it's okay to put up guns and shoot at each other. We are losing a generation of people."
Yanely Henriquez attended the Bronx gathering for victims and victims' families.
Her 16-year-old daughter, Angellyh Yambo, was also an innocent bystander shot to death while walking home from school in the Bronx in April of 2022. Henriquez told PIX 11 News, "To be honest with you, I'm numb, it's something that's happening so many times that it's like a norm, and that's a problem. When things like that become a norm, there's something wrong, and we have to fix it. I don't know what's going to fix it, but we need to do better for our community, we need to do better for our kids."
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