A Bronx teenager who had just enlisted in the Navy died after he was shot while trying to break up a fight between two girls. Victor Maldonado was gunned down by one of the girls’ relatives, an ex-con in his 20s who was arrested shortly after the deadly shooting. Click below to find out more.
“He was trying to break up a fight with the guy’s sister over some nonsense,” said the slain 19-year-old’s grieving dad, who is also named Victor. “It was something so petty.”
While cops questioned the suspected shooter, Maldonado’s heartbroken mom stood in the rain and wept for her slain son.
“He was going to the Navy,” 37-year-old Luz DeJesus sobbed. “He was a peacemaker. He was not in any gangs or anything.”
