Boy, 16, shot on NYC avenue shortly after older teen fatally gunned down by moped-riding crew: cops, sources

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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 appropriate thigh simply earlier than 9 p.m. on the nook Bergen and Brook avenues in Melrose, a combined residential and industrial block with flats 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 steady situation. 

A 16-year-old boy was shot simply earlier than 9 p.m. Sunday on the nook Bergen and Brook avenues in Melrose, cops stated. Google Maps

No suspect description was instantly obtainable for the suspect as a result of the sufferer was uncooperative, in accordance with police. The motive for the taking pictures 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. 

The 16-year-old, who had no prior arrests, was hospitalized in steady situation. Christopher Sadowski

Three suspects carrying all purple took off on a moped, sources stated.

The motive for the taking pictures additionally stays below investigation – though the sufferer has beforehand been arrested on drug-related fees, in accordance with sources. 

The spate of lethal violence throughout the Large Apple got here lower than per week after a 13-year-old boy was tragically gunned down outdoors a Queens Dunkin’ Donuts – prompting Queens District Lawyer Melinda Katz to answer the scene.

Earlier within the night, Jean Rios, 19, was shot within the chest at sixty fourth Street and Grand Central Parkway in Forest Hills, Queens — drawing Queens DA Melinda Katz to reply alongside police. David Burns/@FD4D

“There have been two teenage youngsters that have been killed inside per week right here in Queens County,” Katz informed The Put up about her resolution to point out as much as the scene in an unique interview. “And I felt it was vital to be on the scene final evening. Identical to I assumed it was vital to be the place the 13-year-old was killed final week.

“We need to hold weapons out of the palms of youngsters.”

The DA added, “These are main crime scenes. We go to them. I need to guarantee that I’ve eyes on ones I can.”

Three suspects carrying purple rolled as much as the 19-year-old on a moped, sources stated. David Burns/@FD4D

In final week’s deadly encounter, highschool freshman Sanjay Samuel, 13, was shot within the head on Sept. 21 outdoors the espresso franchise on the nook of Linden and Springfield boulevards in Cambria Heights, cops stated. 

The lethal taking pictures stemmed from a gaggle struggle that 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 Large Apple has greater than doubled for the reason that state’s controversial “Increase the Age Legislation” kicked in — regardless of total dips in crime citywide, in accordance with Mayor Eric Adams’ newest annual report launched earlier this month.

Extra reporting by Larry Celona

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