A 14 -year -old boy was arrested in the fatal shooting of a 16 -year -old girl at Bronx.
The officers responded to a report of a female shot near Home Street and Tinton Avenue at the Bronx around 5:05 pm on Monday, according to a police spokesman.
The victim, Evette Jeffrey, was found “unconscious and insensitive” with a gunshot wound in the head.
He was later declared dead.
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Police arrested a 14 -year -old boy in the fatal shooting of Evette Jeffrey, 16. (Wnyw)
Jeffrey was visiting her boyfriend in a school near the shooting site, according to Fox 5 New York, which the police identified as Bronx Latin Intermediate School No. 158.
According to the reports, a fight burst close, and a child who was hit by turning the altercation of the school courtyard received a 9 mm gun, which shot three times.
One of the rounds hit Jeffrey, who was not the planned objective of the alleged author.
“It was an innocent tram that was simply trying to cover behind the brick wall and was hit in the head by one of the rounds,” said detective chief of the New York Police Department, Joseph Kenny, at a press conference.
The incident is believed to be the relationship of gangs.
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The suspect was arrested Tuesday morning while trying to enter a taxi and initially tried to flee, according to Kenny.
According to reports, the adolescent was arrested without further incident.
According to the reports, Jeffrey was shot near the Latin intermediate school of the Bronx in Morrisania. (Wnyw)
The teenager was accused of two second -degree murder positions and second -degree criminal possession of a weapon and a second -degree murder attempt by Manslauhter and in the second degree, police confirmed to Fox News Digital.
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The police are also looking for the 12 -year -old who allegedly caused the weapon to the suspect, according to Fox 5.
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