3-year-old on tricycle killed in shooting at family reunion in Buffalo; 7-year-old sister injured – WFTV

The shooting took place around 9:30 p.m., the outlet reported. The young boy was taken to hospital where he later died. His sister was also shot, but is expected to make a full recovery.

“A 3-year-old kid riding his tricycle, having fun with his family members on a hot summer night, his 7-year-old big sister right next to him, and gunshots ring out out of nowhere. And children are being hit by gunfire,” Mayor Byron Brown said at a news conference, according to the AP.

Brown said the two children were not the intended targets of the shooting, according to the AP.

“There’s no way they were the target of this. The motivations of the shooter(s), whether it was another target or shots fired into the crowd, were not the target,” Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said, according to WKBW.

“An incredible child, he didn’t hurt anyone, and it’s very devastating,” Martina Carter, Raymone’s older sister, said, according to the outlet. “I never thought a 3-year-old playing outside at a graduation party would be missed, shot and killed.”