NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, March 22, 2014, 1:31 AM
Detectives remove Kahton Anderson, 14, from the rear entrance of the 79th Precinct on Tompkins Ave., Brooklyn.
He didn’t hesitate.
The 14-year-old who shot and killed a man as he took aim at a rival on a packed city bus didn’t care if his bullet would snuff out the lives of innocent people, police sources said.
A woman and two children were just a few seats away from victim Angel Rojas when Kahton Anderson opened fire on three teens who boarded the B15 bus Thursday night, said sources who reviewed the bus surveillance video.
Anderson was sitting in the rear of the bus with two friends, the video shows. The 39-year-old Rojas was seated right behind the bus driver. The woman and kids sat on the opposite side, a few rows behind Rojas. Nearly 30 people were on the bus in total, one source said.
At 6:19 p.m., a woman boards the bus. A young man behind her is about to pay his fare when he sees Anderson. He gets off the bus and quickly gets back on, with two friends. Two of Anderson’s rivals linger up front, a police source said. The third sits down briefly — and then makes a bee-line down the aisle toward Anderson, who pulls a loaded .357-Magnum pistol from a bag, the source said.
Maria Lopez and her children Saury Rojas, 12, and April Rojas, 8, mourn for the loss of husband and father Angel Rojas, 39.
“He stands up and just fires,” another source said. “He takes out the gun and bam! He fires.”
The bullet misses its mark, but the target takes no chances and falls down, playing dead. Rojas is hit.
“He didn’t realize what was going on,” a second source said. “He was just sitting there comfortably, riding the bus and talking on the phone.”
After the single blast, two of Anderson’s rivals race out the front door. Anderson gets up and follows, shooting at them from the street. In his haste to kill again, Anderson runs past the dying Rojas and his intended target, who is still playing dead, according to cop sources.
Scene at the B15 bus shooting on Marcus Garvey Blvd. and Greene Ave. on Thursday.
As more people race off the bus, the target gets up and exits the side door.
The driver keeps her cool closing the doors and driving about two blocks to a volunteer ambulance station on Greene Ave. “She’s a hero,” one source said.
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