Boy, 16, shot on grounds of NYC public housing complicated: cops

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A 16-year-old boy was shot Friday morning on the grounds of a Bronx public housing complicated, authorities mentioned.

The teenager was blasted within the again round 9:30 a.m. at East 161st Avenue and Forest Avenue, a part of NYCHA’s William McKinley Homes in Morrisania, police mentioned. 


The teenager was taken to Harlem Hospital in steady situation. TOMAS E. GASTON

The injured youth was taken to Harlem Hospital, the place he was listed in steady situation, cops mentioned.

Particulars weren’t instantly identified on a suspect or the circumstances resulting in the gunfire. 

The violence got here a day after one other teen was stabbed throughout a brawl with three different youngsters blocks from Yankee Stadium, police mentioned. 


Orange traffic cones on a sidewalk, with a vehicle tire and crime scene tape visible in the background.
No suspects have been apprehended in the intervening time. TOMAS E. GASTON

The younger teen was stabbed in the proper aspect of his abdomen round 9 a.m. when a struggle broke out at East 163rd Avenue and Grand Concourse in Concourse Village, police mentioned. 

He was taken to Harlem Hospital, the place he was listed in steady situation.

Earlier Thursday — simply after midnight — a 27-year-old man and 42-year-old girl have been each shot as they stood outdoors a constructing on Briggs Avenue close to East Kingsbridge Street in Fordham Heights, cops mentioned.

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