Hicksville residents shaken after deadly accidental shooting
Police responded to South Broadway just after midnight Saturday after receiving a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found the victim inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to his back.
Residents in a Hicksville neighborhood say they are on edge after a 24-year-old man was shot and killed in Hicksville early Saturday in what police say was an accidental shooting.
Police responded to South Broadway just after midnight Saturday after receiving a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found the victim inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to his back.
Investigators say Mohammed Basheer Ahmed, 27, accidentally fired his pistol while inside the same vehicle as the victim. Ahmed was arrested in connection with the incident.
Residents in the area said they were shaken by the shooting.
“In the morning, people came over here and were talking about it and they were very scared. We got kids, we got scared. It’s like ‘what’s going on’ around that neighborhood,” said Faisal Iqbal of Hicksville.
The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police have not identified him.
Ahmed is charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
