Exclusive | Number of NYC teens shot skyrockets, NYPD data shows

The number of juveniles shot in New York City has surged 15% percent so far this year over last, and has skyrocketed 114% compared to pre-pandemic 2018, according to NYPD data. The number of teen shooters declined by 5% this year so far over last, but rose a dramatic 70% since 2018. At this point in 2018, there were 14 juvenile shooting victims compared to 30 so far in 2025.There were 10 juvenile shooters compared to 17 in those years, respectively, the data shows. The teen victims so far this year include Juan Jose Pena, an 18-year-old hoping to join the Navy who was gunned down around 1:25 a.m.

Feb.2 on Park Avenue near East 176th Street in the Bronx, police said. Since his death, his heartbroken mother has taken her three remaining children and fled to the Dominican Republic, his aunt Shery Olivo told The Post.“She does not want to come back,” Olivo said.

“She still has three children to take care of.She does not think they are safe here.”A 17-year-old was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in Pena’s death, police said.

Cops were hunting for two additional suspects, police said.Pena, who had no criminal history, had just texted his mother he was on his way home moments before he was cut down, the family said.“My nephew died 10 months ago and he did nothing wrong,” the aunt said.“The person who killed my nephew is still out there in the streets, maybe committing another crime and getting away with it while my sister is crying every single day.

I don’t think they are doing enough.”Oliva is alarmed about the number of teens being gunned down and carryng guns in the city, she said. “When is this going to end?” she asked.“What are the elected officials doing? Don’t they care about what’s going on in the city.

This is bad ..

.it’s getting worse.

We don’t have law and order anymore.”To mom Yanely Henriquez, the sick statistics brings back the pain she suffered when her 16-yea...