{"id":83114,"date":"2025-12-29T00:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T00:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83114\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T00:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T00:16:13","slug":"waterbury-teen-killed-in-new-york-shooting-nbc-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83114\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterbury teen killed in New York shooting \u2013 NBC Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One teenager was killed, and another was injured after a shooting in New York on Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p>At around 6:30 p.m., the New York Police Department responded to a call of shots fired inside a building on Adee Avenue in Bronx, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, officers located one 15-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the chest and another 14-year-old male with a gunshot wound to his left arm. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews transported the 15-year-old male to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Police have since identified this male as Eric Aitken, from Waterbury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On behalf of the entire Waterbury community, I extend my deepest condolences to Eric\u2019s family, loved ones, classmates, teachers, and all those who knew and cared for him. The loss of a young life, especially one filled with promise, is devastating beyond words, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family as they endure this unimaginable pain,&#8221; said Waterbury Mayor Paul Pernerewski in a press release. <\/p>\n<p>The 14-year-old male is currently in stable condition. <\/p>\n<p>There have been no arrests made at this time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No family should ever have to bury a child, and no young person should lose their life to violence,&#8221; Pernerewski said. &#8220;This tragedy is a stark reminder of the urgent need to continue working together to address gun violence and to ensure that our children are safe, supported, and protected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police are continuing to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Waterbury school district will provide counseling and support services to students and staff who are grieving. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One teenager was killed, and another was injured after a shooting in New York on Saturday night. At&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,40742],"class_list":["post-83114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-waterbury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}