Minor, 14yrs, shot twice during home invasion

Isaiah Milton

Less than twenty-four hours after the Euphrates shooting, about a block away on Glenn Street, Isaiah Milton, a fourteen year old student from Salvation Army Primary School, was shot. Sometime around five this morning, Milton and two of his brothers were at their home when several knocks were heard at the door. Out of caution, family members did not respond, but soon enough, the door was stomped open and two men rushed in with guns blazing. Milton, who was laying on a mattress in the living room, was shot on both legs, while the others escaped unhurt.  Milton’s sister, who spoke to us off-camera, says that the minor is not known to be in any trouble with the law or otherwise.

Voice of: Sister of Shooting Victim

“Dehn heard a knock and when dehn heard di knock, Isaiah mi gwein go open di door, but he noh open di door because di older bredda seh ask who dat. Nobody no answer, so Isaiah gone back gone lay down. When he gone laid down den we hear di knocking stop and ih look like dehn stomp di door three times, and ih open. Den dehn di fire shots and Isaiah seh he was on di mattress. When dehn hear di shot dehn just run. Charlie mi deh beside Isaiah but in di time weh Isaiah tek fi get up, he done get shot. One ah ih foot, di right foot weh ih got shot inna, wah part ah di bone bruk and di left foot, ih get shot inna di left foot too; only two shots out of all di shots weh get fired. Dehn seh two come dah front and one mi deh dah back—dah so di neighbor said—one mi deh dah back. Seventeen to sixteen shots were fired.”

Duane Moody

“Do you know why anybody would want to shoot at your brother or anybody else that was here?”

Voice of: Sister of Shooting Victim

“Maybe dah just people weh dehn si come dah di house. My bredda noh involve inna nothing like violence or and den deh. Dah mi just dehn three bredda mi deh inna di house, nobody else weh dehn would ah want seh dat dehn wah kill den cause di way how dehn come wid all dehn shooting deh, somebody definitely mi wah dead.”

Clement Palacio, Police Press Officer

Clement Palacio

“We have been beefing up patrols as a result of these shootings. What happen, you would notice that when these acts begin, they can become cyclical at times and of course the improved patrol will deter. But, again, the Police Department is going to be very vigilant in terms of trying to patrol and do stop and searches and other methods to minimize such effects.”

Up to news time, Milton remains hospitalized in a stable condition. It is not known if the two shootings in the city were related.