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11/30/2009 08:23 PM

Latest Bronx Shooting Sparks Familiar Outrage

By: Dean Meminger

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Residents living in the Bronx say they are being run out of their communities as gun violence continues to make a deadly mark on the borough. NY1's Dean Meminger filed the following report.

It's a scene all too familiar in the Bronx. Family and friends crying over the death of a loved one killed by a bullet. This time it's 17-year-old Issi Dominiguez, who was shot in the head Sunday when a gunman fired into a group he was with, leaving a party on Tiebout Avenue in the Fordham section.

"He was a helpful gentleman, he would always help all of the older ladies with the groceries. He was a good boy. He didn't deserve this," said the victim's cousin Alexus Drakeford.

The 17-year-old's family and friends say he was going to high school and was never in trouble. They say those who know what happened should come forward and tell the police.

"You better snitch, we are going to find him. We are going to find whoever did it, I don't care," said the victim's friend Ruthie Gomez.

Latest Bronx Shooting Sparks Familiar Outrage

Dominiguez wasn't the only shooting victim this past weekend in the Bronx. Police report at least five people were shot, two of whom were killed.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been battling gun violence and the sale of illegal guns and says more has to be done by politicians and the community.

"We keep revamping our procedures to try and go after those on the street and find ways to get guns off the street," Bloomberg said. "We try to improve our schools that will, long-term we think, reduce the crime rate."

"If it is not done, we are going to have more youngsters killed in the street. It could be your kid or mine," said Bronx resident Yvonne Camacho.

"I would like for you to report to the governor, mayor, the borough president, the City Council -- give our kids jobs. Get them off the street, they have no place to go. We need community centers for them," said community activist Louella Hatch.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Junior says he is looking to secure grant money for community-based programs aimed at eliminating a "sick culture of violence."