Police arrested a suspect in the shooting of 11-year-old Tyshaun Falconer as he stood in the doorway of his parents' home in Springfield Gardens, Queens. The suspect is identified as 19-year-old Michael Peterson of Elmont, Long Island. Peterson allegedly went to the Falconer home and when Tyshaun answered the door asked for his older brother Tony. When the younger brother answered that he was not home, Peterson is accused of shooting him once in the chest.
The 11-year-old is in stable condition at Long Island Jewish Medical Center with a collapsed long, but is expected to recover, as the bullet somehow missed all of his vital organs. Peterson is being charged with attempted murder and weapons possession following his arrest at 1:30 am Friday morning.
The shooting is apparently just the latest in a feud between Peterson and Tony Falconer. In November, one of Falconer's cousins, Kevin Hoofong, was shot, allegedly by Donovan Taylor. Taylor was arrested after he himself was injured in a retaliatory shooting. Peterson and Falconer both have prior arrest records and are reportedly members of the Bloods and Crips gangs, respectively. The feud is also said to be over a girl.
