Boy, 14, shot on Staten Island, 13-year-old gunman sought as youth violence engulfs NYC: cops
A 14-year-old boy was shot on Staten Island Tuesday evening — and cops are looking for a 13-year-old gunman — as youth violence engulfs the city, authorities said. The boy was blasted in the leg around 5:45 p.m.near a building on Broad Street near Gordon Street, part of NYCHA’s Stapleton Houses, police said. He was taken to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he was listed in stable condition. A 13-year-old suspect, last seen wearing gray sweatpants, fled the scene and was still on the loose Wednesday. The motive for the violence was not immediately known. The 14-year-old is the latest — and youngest — of five teens shot across the city since the weekend, authorities said. A 16-year-old boy took a bullet to the left foot at East 176th Street and Webster Avenue in the Tremont section of the Bronx minutes before 8 p.m.
Monday, cops said. He was transported to St.Barnabas Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, and a weapon was recovered at the scene. “Multiple persons of interest” were taken into custody, authorities said. It was unclear Wednesday whether any were formally charged. Another 16-year-old boy was blasted in the leg around 12:15 a.m.
Monday at Avenue D and Troy Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, cops said. The boy managed to run home and his mother called 911 before the teen was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities and sources said. Three males riding Citi Bikes and wearing puffy jackets fled toward Church Avenue, according to cops and sources. A 17-year-old boy was shot in the right leg and buttocks at East 153rd Street and Third Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx around 7:30 p.m.Sunday, cops said. He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center in stable condition, and no arrests have been made.And on Saturday night, 17-year-old Xavier Navarez was fatally shot on Oak Terrace near Beekman Avenue, police said. Navarez took multiple bullets to the back around 7:45...