Editor’s Note: The following is a slightly extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition.
In an interview on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14, a little more than 72 hours after getting a call to say her son had been shot and killed at West 238th Street and Broadway in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx, the grieving mother of Christopher Redding, 16, recalled her son’s final day and decried the four teens who allegedly chased him down and shot him to death.
As reported, the NYPD said officers responded to a 911 call at around 5.10 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, for a report of several people who had been shot at the intersection of Broadway and West 238th Street. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 16-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the back, a 15-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the right leg, and a 13-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the right leg.”…