The teenage thug accused of shooting an 8-year-old Bronx boy in the shoulder is no stranger to gun violence.
Eduardo Rodriguez, 15 — who was arrested in last week’s bodega shooting of second-grader Armando Bigo — had been busted just this past September for an attempted armed robbery, sources said.
Less than six months before Rodriguez allegedly shot tough-as-nails little Armando while aiming at a rival teen in front of Papa Yala’s Deli, he and a 15-year-old cohort had been arrested for trying to mug someone with a shotgun on East 156th Street, records show.
Rodriguez was charged with attempted robbery and assault in that case.
Today, he was arraigned on a new set of charges in Bronx Criminal Court — attempted murder and assault — for Armando’s shooting.
Armando remains in Jacobi Hospital with a punctured lung and a bullet still lodged near his spine.
Rodriguez was ordered held on $250,000 bond, although prosecutors wanted to keep him locked up without bail.
“Due to the heinous nature of the crime and that an 8-year-old was shot, there should be no bail,” a prosecutor said.
Rodriguez remained subdued before the judge, but sources said he had been behaving “like a wise ass” to cops and court officers outside the room beforehand.
His mom insisted he was a “good boy” who’s only been in trouble once previously.
“He goes to school, he’s never had any trouble like this,” said Lucille Rodriguez.
A witness to the shooting had identified Rodriguez in a lineup at the 43rd Precinct. But the suspect’s court-appointed lawyer said that made for a weak case.
“This case is about one eyewitness making an ID,” said defense lawyer Amy Galliccio. “My client did surrender himself with family members when he knew cops were looking for him.”
In Rodriguez’s Sept. 8 arrest, he and his teen cohort, Steven Chavez, allegedly first knocked their victim in the back of the head with a hard object and Chavez then aimed the shotgun at him.
Rodriguez the tried to snatch the victim’s wallet, authorities said, but the man struggled and the perps fled. They were soon captured.
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