Dec 21, 2020
Alejandro Cowo
Twenty-eight-year-old Karen Pinto is recovering this evening after she was shot on Sunday night. Pinto and a family member were on Antelope Street Extension when they were approached by two gunmen who fired several shots in their direction. Pinto was shot in the leg and the men escaped. Investigators do not believe that she was the target but rather the individual she was with. C.I.B. Commander of the Eastern Division, Superintendent Alejandro Cowo, says that investigators are looking for two known suspects.
Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division
“Miss Pinto last night just after that shooting of Mister Acosta, she was walking on a London bridge in the Antelope Street Extension along with another family member when two male persons approached her and one of the male persons fired a shot at her. She was injured to her left leg and she was taken to hospital where she is admitted in a stable condition at this moment.”
Dec 21, 2020
Malik Acosta
On Sunday night, shots rang out once again in the Old Capital, this time near the intersection of West Street and Water Lane. Today, shards of glass from a vehicle driven by the victim are on the concrete street where at least one gunman took aim at Malik Acosta. An injured Acosta tried to make his way to the hospital, but expired before he could get there. He lost consciousness and crashed into a fence several blocks away on Douglas Jones Street. Police discovered his body behind the steering wheel of the vehicle. News Five’s Duane Moody found out from police today that his murder is believed to be gang-related.