A young mother was critically wounded after a “disgruntled tenant” shot her in the neck over a dispute about rent.
29-year-old Danielle Parker is a mother-of-one from Brooklyn who was left brain dead after a tenant who previously resided in her mother’s apartment shot her in the neck.
According to the preliminary investigation, it is believed that the suspect was one of the tenants who were previously evicted from Parker’s mother’s home over unpaid $500 rent.
The mother, who has a four-year-old daughter, was shot over the weekend after two people lured her out of her home on Dumont Avenue while she was enjoying a family dinner.
While Danielle’s family is convinced about her shooter’s identity, no arrested have yet been made.
“The sad thing is she got a 4-year-old daughter. I haven’t told her yet,” Stephanie Cobb, the victim’s mother, told CBS New York.
Recalling her daughter’s dispute with former tenants, the grieving mother added: “They kept on sending messages, trying to video call, trying to text and my daughter was ignoring it.”
On the day of the brutal incident, the unidentified suspect allegedly threatened Parker with a gun while waiting for her outside her home.
Despite the threats, the mother-of-one met with the former tenant in an attempt to peacefully resolve their issues.
“They said come outside, just come outside. So my daughter went outside,” Cobb added.
As the family confirmed, they heard Danielle and the suspect argue before the latter opened fire and shot the 29-year-old in the neck.
That’s when Danielle’s brother, Devin, ran to the window and saw his sister lying in a pool of blood on the sidewalk in front of their home.
The NYPD has since confirmed that Parker’s brainstem was severed in the shooting and that she is now brain dead.
“It’s crazy. She never bothered nobody. She’s a sweetheart,” Devin told the reporters.
“This is a horror movie. It’s a bad dream, and I can’t wake up,” sister Amani added.
“His [suspect’s] 4-year-old daughter and my daughters go to the same school. Who knows what he’s going to do?”
As of this writing, the police have yet to officially identify the suspect even though the family is convinced who the person behind the shooting was.
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