On Thursday night, three innocent bystanders were injured when two gunmen fired at a Bronx bodega. Below, you can see the surveillance footage of the shooting, during which 46-year-old Ricardo Acevedo was shot in the back of the head, 15-year-old Aleah Detres was wounded in the abdomen and 12-year-old Mia Washington was hit in the left leg. Amazingly, Acevedo was let out of the hospital less than two hours after he went in—still with the bullet in his neck—because doctors at St. Barnabas told him a local clinic could take the bullet out on Monday. “I feel okay. I don’t know anything about medicine. Since I felt okay, I listened to the doctors," Acevedo told the News.
The incident occurred at the Astor Deli at 750 Astor Avenue in the Bronxdale section just before 8 a.m. The gunman, who is believed to be a teen, fired several shots in front of the bodega, striking Acevedo, who was on a ladder replacing a security camera. The shooter then entered the bodgea and fired more shots, hitting the two young girls. “I don’t know who he was shooting at,” said Aleah, who was in the store with friends to buy a soda. “He came in the store, looking crazy. We all ran and he started shooting.”
Hospital officials declined to comment on the decision to send Acevedo home with the bullet still lodged in his neck, but he said he was relieved that he was still breathing: “It’s a miracle I’m still alive,” he said. “I could have died from that shot.” Police are still searching for the shooter.
