Cops released surveillance photos Monday of the trio they believe is connected to the shooting of an innocent teen girl in a Brooklyn park last week.
Kyla Sobers, 16, was mistakenly struck in the head when a gunman opened fire as she sat on a swing around 3 p.m. Friday inside Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park, on the grounds of the Gowanus Houses in Boerum Hill, authorities said.
Images released early Monday show three suspects wearing all black — one with a red du-rag riding a Citi Bike, one with his hood over his head, and another donning a black cap with the word “Hustler” in white.
Police said all three are “sought for questioning as persons of interest,” but did not specify which person is believed to be the shooter.
Kyla was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where her uncle, Dwayne Sobers, 33, said Saturday that she was recovering after successful surgery to remove the bullet fragments.
A vehicle was damaged when New York City teen Kyla Sobers was accidentally shot in the head at Nicholas Naquan Heyward park. Michael Dalton
The NYPD released security cam footage of one of the suspects in the shooting. All three are wanted for questioning. NYPD
According to the NYPD, all three suspects were wearing black with different headwear. NYPD
Surveillance video shows one of the assailants in a red hat fleeing on a Citi Bike. NYPD“That’s the only bright side to come out of this. She is going to be OK,” her uncle said. “I feel relieved she is going to be OK. I wouldn’t wish this on anybody, especially not a child. God was protecting her.”
Kyla liked to hang out with her friends at the park after school before returning home to Flatbush, her uncle said.
She is a junior at the Cobble Hill School of American Studies and wants to be a lawyer, he said.
