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NYPD: 7-year-old shot in the hand; Wakefield man arrested

Sources say the child was playing with the gun.

Sequoia Cumming

May 19, 2025, 5:30 PM

Updated 4 hr ago

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A 7-year-old boy was shot in the finger at a home in Wakefield on Sunday, prompting the arrest of a 61-year-old man.
Willie Terry was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. The relationship between Terry and the child was not immediately known.
Sources say the child was playing with the gun.
The child was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and is expected to be OK.