By LARRY CELONA and FRANK ROSARIO
May 29, 2008
A 17-year-old girl was fighting for her life last night after she and another teen were shot in her Staten Island home, authorities said.
A gunman fired through the door of the home on Cosron Avenue in Tompkinsville, striking Najea Smith in the neck just before 5 p.m., cops said.
"She was not moving," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified.
The other victim, Matthew Sceckler, 18, was hit in the pelvis and was expected to recover.
It's not clear who was the intended target of the shooter, who had driven to the house in a light-gray car a half-hour earlier. He drove away when he saw people in front, but returned and opened fire.
Smith was in critical condition at Richmond University Hospital. A cousin said she was on a respirator.
