A 16-year-old boy was shot and injured within the Bronx late Sunday – simply over an hour after one other teen was gunned down in Queens by a crew who took off on a moped, cops and sources stated.
The boy – who sources say has no prior arrests – was blasted in the best thigh simply earlier than 9 p.m. on the nook Bergen and Brook avenues in Melrose, a blended residential and business block with residences throughout the road from an Aldi and a Walgreens, police stated.
The unidentified sufferer was taken to Lincoln Medical Heart, the place he was listed in secure situation.
No suspect description was instantly obtainable for the suspect as a result of the sufferer was uncooperative, in keeping with police. The motive for the capturing stays unclear.
Earlier within the night, Jean Rios, 19, was shot within the chest at sixty fourth Street and Grand Central Parkway in Forest Hills, police stated.
He was taken to NewYork Presbyterian-Queens Hospital, the place he later died.
Three suspects sporting all crimson took off on a moped, sources stated.
The motive for the capturing additionally stays underneath investigation – though the sufferer has beforehand been arrested on drug-related fees, in keeping with sources.
The spate of lethal violence throughout the Massive Apple got here lower than every week after a 13-year-old boy was tragically gunned down exterior a Queens Dunkin’ Donuts – prompting Queens District Legal professional Melinda Katz to reply to the scene.
“There have been two teenage children that had been killed inside every week right here in Queens County,” Katz instructed The Publish about her choice to point out as much as the scene in an unique interview. “And I felt it was necessary to be on the scene final night time. Identical to I assumed it was necessary to be the place the 13-year-old was killed final week.
“We need to hold weapons out of the fingers of youngsters.”
The DA added, “These are main crime scenes. We go to them. I need to make it possible for I’ve eyes on ones I can.”
In final week’s deadly encounter, highschool freshman Sanjay Samuel, 13, was shot within the head on Sept. 21 exterior the espresso franchise on the nook of Linden and Springfield boulevards in Cambria Heights, cops stated.
The lethal capturing stemmed from a gaggle combat which will have been gang-motivated, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny beforehand stated.
The alleged gunman, 16-year-old Jaysohn Sykes, is now going through fees of second-degree homicide and prison possession of a weapon – which might land him 25 years in jail if convicted, prosecutors stated.
Youth crime within the Massive Apple has greater than doubled for the reason that state’s controversial “Elevate the Age Regulation” kicked in — regardless of general dips in crime citywide, in keeping with Mayor Eric Adams’ newest annual report launched earlier this month.
Extra reporting by Larry Celona
