Teen Killed In The Bronx, Police Say Victim Of Gang Initiation

» by C. Vernon Coleman II August 16, 2010, 12:11pm

A Connecticut teen killedby gunfire yesterday in the Bronx was a victim of a random gang initiation, police say.

The victim, Tayshawn Bromfield, 16, was standing in front of his father's house, who he was visiting, when he was struck in the chest by bullets ejected from a passing sedan.

Witnesses say he took his last breath on the scene. He was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after the 12:40 a.m. shooting.

Then teen who lived with his mother in Meriden, Connecticut was visiting his father in the Bronx to go school shopping, when senseless tragedy struck.

The teen's father Basil Bromfield was understandably in disbelief…

"When I found out he was shot, I told the police, 'This can't be possible. He wasn't a kid who even knew people who did drugs or had guns'. I saw him 20 minutes before he was shot. The only reason I left him was because he was such a good kid and he was with two other good kids.”

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- This is sad.

It's a shame yu can't even stand outside in broad daylight on your porch without worrying about being a victim of a senseless act of violence such as this. Life is funny that way. Yu send your son off ta visit hys Daddy; not expecting that ta be the last tyme yu are hym alive. Breaks my heart. May God be with hys family and friends.
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- Damn shame.

A sad world we live in when yu can't stand out on your front porch in broad daylight without worry about becoming yet another statistic. So easy for a human being ta take another's life these days. I feel for hys mom doe. Yu send your baby off ta visit hys Daddy; not knowing that wud be the last yu ever see hym again.
RIP mane.