Grandma of NYC shooting victims on 4th of July makes heartwrenching plea to Mamdani: ‘This has to stop’
Metro Grandma of NYC shooting victims on 4th of July makes heartwrenching plea to Mamdani: ‘This has to stop’ By Matthew Fischetti and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Published July 7, 2026, 8:41 p.m. Add The New York Post on Google A grieving grandma made an emotional plea for justice Tuesday, interrupting Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he spoke of the senseless Fourth of July mass shooting in Brooklyn that left eight of her kin wounded. A tearful Carlene Pearsall, who was herself wounded in the cowardly Coney Island attack, cut the mayor off at a vigil to honor the victims when he spoke of “the families” who were affected.
- ▪Metro Grandma of NYC shooting victims on 4th of July makes heartwrenching plea to Mamdani: ‘This has to stop’ By Matthew Fischetti and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Published July 7, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google A grieving grandma made an emotional plea for justice Tuesday, interrupting Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he spoke of the senseless Fourth of July mass shooting in Brooklyn that left eight of her kin wounded.
- ▪A tearful Carlene Pearsall, who was herself wounded in the cowardly Coney Island attack, cut the mayor off at a vigil to honor the victims when he spoke of “the families” who were affected.
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