'I am so tired, tired of mothers crying, tired of helping mothers bury they children.'
A violent night across the city's five boroughs left a trail of victims nearly a dozen long, five of which ultimately died from their injuries, law enforcement officials said.
The gun violence erupted in the first minutes of the day, just after midnight, and stretched for nearly 24 hours by the time the victim count reached 11. Among those killed, police say a 16-year-old boy died in a shooting in Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy neighborhood. Investigators looking into that shooting recovered video allegedly showing two suspects running from the scene.
"I am so tired, tired of mothers crying, tired of helping mothers bury they children," Shneaqua Purvis, with Both Sides of the Violence, said at a vigil for 16-year-old Amiere Hayes on Tuesday evening.Family and community groups gathered in honor of Hayes, who they say was simply in the wrong play at the wrong time. Police say the teenager was walking home along Marcus Garvey Boulevard when he was shot by one of two suspects seen in surveillance footage wearing face masks.
Hayes has been described by loved ones as a good kid who got good grades and looked forward to working every summer. His older sister says he often took care of her."
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