"Detectives arrested the alleged teenage gunman Thursday whom, they say, cut down a Harlem grandmother with a stray bullet fired from a machine gun during a brazen daylight shooting last week. According to police sources, 18-year-old Faisil McCants has been charged for allegedly firing the bullet that killed 69-year-old Robin Wright."
"Cops say McCants was one of three men who attempted to rob a man as he slept on a lawn chair on the corner of 109th Street and Madison Avenue in front of a deli at around 12:22 p.m. on Aug. 27. Police sources said the men, donning face masks, reportedly asked the victim if he sold weed before demanding all of his possessions."
"One of the bullets wound up striking Wright in the face as she walked nearby with a friend to get lunch. I had to look around and make sure I was alright. And I looked at my friend, I said: Are you alright. Did you get shot?' She said: Yeah,' Juanita Arnold, Wright's friend, recalled. That was the last thing she said to me. I watched my friend die, Arnold added. Wright, who used a walker to help her get around, collapsed on the sidewalk. Officers from the 23rd Precinct rushed to the scene and attempted to revive Wright, to no avail. EMS transported Wright to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, where she could not be saved and was pronounced dead."
Detectives arrested 18-year-old Faisil McCants and charged him with firing the bullet that killed 69-year-old Robin Wright. Three masked men allegedly attempted to rob a man sleeping in a lawn chair near 109th Street and Madison Avenue and snatched his backpack containing marijuana. The robbery victim reportedly pulled out a firearm, chased the suspects and fired. McCants allegedly returned fire with a machine gun, and a stray bullet struck Wright in the face as she walked with a friend to get lunch. Emergency responders transported Wright to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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