Stray bullet kills 20-yr-old tourist in Brooklyn

NEW YORK, Oct 26 (New York Times): Ethan Williams arrived in New York last week to pursue his dream of becoming a professional skateboarder, a goal that he had long envisioned would bring him to the city.

But days later, he became another victim of a wave of deadly gun violence that has shaken the city when a stray bullet struck him in the chest outside his Airbnb apartment in Brooklyn.

Williams, 20, was sitting with a group of friends outside the Bushwick home on Eldert Street at around 2:30 am Saturday when six shots rang out, according to Blaine Cromley, 19, a friend who made the trip with him from Indianapolis last week.

The group ran indoors when the shots were fired, and Cromley, who was in the apartment at the time, said he went outside when they realised Williams had not come in.