15-year old Brooklyn, New York teen Isaiah Martinez is lucky to be alive this morning after getting shot Saturday, April 19, while attempting to buy a pair of the $250 Kanye West-designed Nike Air Foamposite Pro “Yeezy” sneakers.
Winesses say Martinez cut a long line of customers waiting to buy the shoes at a Brooklyn Foot Locker.
“There were people camped out for the sneakers and Isaiah tried to cut the line,” Martinez's friend, Edison Cartagena, told the New York Daily News. “They get into a scuffle and one of the guys on line left and told Isaiah he was coming back with a gun. He came back and just fired off four shots. He probably shot him in the foot just to scare him off. I don’t think anyone should lose their life over a pair of sneakers. Thankfully he’s okay. The whole thing is just crazy.”
Martinez was reportedly taken to Woodhull Hospital with a nonlife-threatening injury.
Another witness said the shooting was the result of Martinez talking trash and today's violent youth who shoot first and ask questions later.
“I guess he tried to get tough with one of the guys he cut,” said Jayson Roque. “One of them left and came back with a gun and shot him.That’s the generation we got now. They shoot each other over shoes.”
Source: New York Daily News
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