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14-year-old gang member killed on way to school
NY Post ^ | 5/24/15 | Larry Celona, Kevin Fasick, Aaron Feis and Chris Perez

Posted on 05/23/2015 10:29:52 AM PDT by Impala64ssa

He flashed gang signs in selfies, posted a photo of a Smith & Wesson on his Facebook page, and had a rap sheet even a veteran street gangster could be proud of. And now he’s been murdered — at age 14.

Bronx seventh-grader Christopher Duran was stalked and gunned down on a sidewalk near his Bronx home Friday morning — the victim, cops believe, of gang violence. “He was a gangbanger,” one law-enforcement source said of Christopher, a child known in his Morrisania neighborhood as already well on the road to doom when he was shot dead. “He terrorized the neighborhood,” said a woman who passed by the grim crime scene. “Christopher is no good,” another neighbor said. “I saw him fighting last summer in the street,” the man said. “We told them to quit fighting, but he would not listen. The person he was fighting wanted to quit, but he wouldn’t quit.” Christopher had been walking to school with his little brother just a few paces from his Sheridan Avenue doorstep when his killer — who had been lying in wait with a lookout posted down the block — pulled a gun. As the little brother watched, the gunman pumped a single bullet into Christopher’s neck, sources said.

The gunman then stood over the youth’s prone body and blasted away some more, striking the boy multiple times in the torso before he and the lookout both fled. Christopher was pronounced dead where he lay, in a pool of blood amid eight shell casings cast from a .45-caliber pistol, according to sources. The boy’s older brother is a “very active leader” in a notorious and violent gang known as 280, law-enforcement said. Police do not suspect that Christopher was mistaken for his brother.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bronx; gangstas
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He was a good boy...

“No mother deserves to go through that." No they don't. But every mother, and father have an obligation to teach them right from wrong, even if it means giving them the Toya Graham treatment.

1 posted on 05/23/2015 10:29:52 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

Sounds like someone carried out the trash. Perhaps his big brother will retaliate, and more trash will be ready for the landfill.

This dude was so evil, he didn’t even merit the usual comments about being on the cusp of turning his life around.


2 posted on 05/23/2015 10:33:12 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Impala64ssa

no soapbox dery for this kid...

“a “very active leader” in a notorious and violent gang known as 280..”

ive heard of their competition... the Lords Of The Flies


3 posted on 05/23/2015 10:35:30 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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"He was a good boy"

Only robbed little old ladies on Sundays.

4 posted on 05/23/2015 10:35:39 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: Impala64ssa

Actually, many mothers deserve to go through that. If you don’t model moral behaviour and aren’t willing to do whatever it takes to raise your children up right, you deserve this.


5 posted on 05/23/2015 10:36:20 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Was just turning his life around, I’ll bet.


6 posted on 05/23/2015 10:39:25 AM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
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To: MeshugeMikey

That quote was about his older brother.


7 posted on 05/23/2015 10:39:34 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Impala64ssa

Neighbor says he’s a bad kid because of fighting? No kid had to fight more than me being a Yankee kid from Kalispell, MT. moving to Louisiana. Many, many dozens. Possibly a hundred. Bullies like to bleed. Still, the good thing about the streets is their self-cleaning nature. Another thug down.


8 posted on 05/23/2015 10:40:49 AM PDT by IluvmyKalashnikov
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ah, okay!


9 posted on 05/23/2015 10:41:11 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Impala64ssa

In a by gone time this kid could have been taken to a rural farm or ranch and taught lessons to grow into a productive member of society.


10 posted on 05/23/2015 10:44:07 AM PDT by mware
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To: Impala64ssa

Five arrests before turning 15 is hardly beings a “good kid.”


11 posted on 05/23/2015 10:44:36 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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The Bronx! Well I see there is a great organization by the name “Clinton Crime Family Foundation”. I’m sure they will help the family through this period.


12 posted on 05/23/2015 10:46:44 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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PS. I thought guns were illegal in NY? OOOOH, that’s right! Only the good citizens can’t have one.


13 posted on 05/23/2015 10:48:53 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: Impala64ssa

SOmetimes they get the “respect” they deserve.


14 posted on 05/23/2015 10:49:21 AM PDT by Leep ("Soon you won't be able to live in America as a Muslim. The noose is tightening," Elton Simpson)
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To: Impala64ssa

Good riddance!


15 posted on 05/23/2015 10:50:15 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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Uncle: “In the end . . . I want to know why . . . He’s a good kid, nice-looking guy. He never did anything. He never hung out with gangs, nothing like that.”

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said.

16 posted on 05/23/2015 10:50:35 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: Impala64ssa

Sounds like he crossed the wrong person.

Ah the thug life...


17 posted on 05/23/2015 10:50:43 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: rawcatslyentist

He was a good boy....everything he stole he gave to his mother.


18 posted on 05/23/2015 10:54:29 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (No tagline today.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Pretty sad. Christopher was probably Hispanic/black or Hispanic/non-Hispanic white. Mama had clearly lost control - but she probably never felt it was her job in the first place, since every poor person in NYC is told that it is really the job of the City to bring up your kids, clean your house, and pay your way in life...

Socialist culture has probably killed more people than the number who died in the Vietnam War.


19 posted on 05/23/2015 11:07:52 AM PDT by livius
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To: Impala64ssa

Good.


20 posted on 05/23/2015 11:10:53 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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