Father killed in drive-by shooting while holding hands with six-year-old daughter in New York

Ellena Cruse8 July 2020

Shocking footage has been released of the moment a man was killed in a drive-by shooting as he crossed the road with his six-year-old daughter.

The victim, named as 29-year-old Anthony Robinson in local reports, was crossing the street in the Bronx while holding hands with his little girl when he was attacked.

In footage released by New York police, a car is seen pulling up to the pair around 6pm on Sunday.

The man appears to pause and say something to his daughter before a passenger can be seen pointing a gun from the window and firing it at him. His daughter then flees from the scene.

The father was seen holding his daughter's hand as they crossed the road
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A $10,000 reward has been offered for help in catching the killer

New York Police Department Chief Rodney Harrison said the victim was shot multiple times and later died from his injuries.

He wrote on Twitter: "On Sunday, July 5th, police officers from the 44th Precinct responded to a 911 call for a male shot at Sheridan Avenue and East 170th Street.

A gun was fired out of the car as the pair walked across the road
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"CCTV footage obtained during the investigation shows the victim was with his 6-year-old daughter when a vehicle pulled up next to him opening fire, striking the victim multiple times. The male later died from his injuries."

He asked anyone with information to direct message @NYPDTips.

After the man is hit, his daughter runs away and the car pulls off
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It comes as 64 people were injured and 11 were killing in 45 shootings during Independence Day weekend - a threefold increase compared with the same three-day period last year.

One New York police official blamed the rise in deadly shooting over the weekend on the combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, animosity towards law enforcement and bail reform.

NYPD Chief Terence Monahan said the violence was linked to a multitude of factors, including a sharp decrease in jail population because of coronavirus and a measure that requires judges to release defendants awaiting trial on "misdemeanours and nonviolent felonies".

“We can fix this,” Chief Monahan said at a briefing.

“We need cooperation with the people who are afraid to come out of their buildings right now.”

He also said animosity towards law enforcement after the May 25 death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police has emboldened some people who believe “that cops can’t do anything anymore.”

Republican President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused local Democratic officials of failing to protect the public by getting tough to staunch the surge in violent crime.

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