LYNN – The Lynn youth who allegedly shot and paralyzed a man on crowded Essex Street in broad daylight last April was arraigned Thursday in Lynn District Court.Carlos Lopez, 20, of 17 Highland Ave. #2, was charged with attempted murder and firearms violations in connection with the April 23 shooting that paralyzed 19-year-old Wendell Morris of Lynn.Police have identified both young men as local gang members, but say the shooting was not a gang feud.The motive for the shooting was retaliation against Morris because he allegedly robbed Lopez’ friend, according to prosecutors.Approximately 400 to 500 people walked out of nearby buildings to see the commotion following the 6:45 p.m. shooting. Rush hour traffic was brought to a standstill on one of the city’s busiest streets.Responding officers reported observing three to four gunshot wounds to Morris’ back and buttocks and spend shell casings lying 15 inches away from where Morris was found.Lopez was allegedly on a bicycle when he pulled out a long, silver handgun and shot Morris in the back.Morris began to struggle with Lopez to try to get the gun, but Morris fell to the ground because his knees gave out, prosecutors said. Lopez then shot Morris another two times at close range as he lay on the ground.Lopez allegedly then ran down Brownville Avenue and ditched the bike.Morris was airlifted to a Boston hospital where he remained in critical condition for several days. He is now paralyzed from the waist down, according to prosecutors.Morris was reluctant to tell police who shot him but eventually picked Lopez out of a photo array, police said.Police zeroed in on Lopez after receiving “anonymous, as well as second- and third-hand information,” according to a court documents.Prosecutors allege Morris was walking back from Georgia’s restaurant when Lopez and two other young men approached him on Essex Street at the corner of Brownville Avenue. The men allegedly began arguing with Morris because he allegedly robbed one of the men’s cousins at an earlier time, but Morris denied that.A witness who was in a nearby store and heard the shots ran outside and saw Morris lying on the ground. The two had known each other previously.The man tried to drag Morris into a white Cadillac SUV to get him help, but someone shouted, “Don’t move him!” according to prosecutors.At the time, police weren’t sure if the SUV had something to do with the suspects. It had left the area before police arrived.Within a few minutes of the shooting, a mother leaving a nearby liquor store ushered her young children back to their home a few doors down, as a girl no older than 8 years old was crying and asking, “What happened?”Morris was arrested June 12, nearly six weeks after he was shot, for allegedly shooting at someone on Sheridan Street on April 21 – two days before he was shot on Essex Street.In that case, which police say may have been gang-related, Morris allegedly shot at a 16-year-old boy after he accused the boy of robbing his friend.It’s not clear if that incident had anything to do with the shooting that injured Morris.