Leaving school has become a dangerous undertaking for students in the city, with three shot dead and one stabbed to death upon dismissal in the past year alone.
Angellyh First, 16 years old
The Bronx student was walking home from University Prep Charter High School in April when she was killed by a stray bullet about a block from the school. Jeremiah Ryan, 17, allegedly fired the fatal shot from a ghost gun as part of a beef with an alleged gang. Two other teenagers were injured.
Sole blacksmith, 15 years old
The boy was sitting on a bench in McLaughlin Park in downtown Brooklyn in September, just after school, when two masked assailants approached, asked about his gang affiliation, shot him shot in the stomach and fled. There was no indication the Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School student was part of a gang, cops said. Wesley Walker, 16, was arrested earlier this month and charged with Smith’s murder.
Marc Greene, 18 ans
Greene was standing at a bus stop outside North Queens Community High School in Kew Gardens Hills around 3pm when he was suddenly shot dead in November. The school was locked down after the shooting, which police say may be gang-related. A suspect, 18-year-old Michael Raly, has been charged with possession of a weapon in connection with Greene’s death.
Nyheem Wright, 17 ans
Wright was chased by a group of six assailants in January just after 3 p.m. in Coney Island, and fatally stabbed in a parking lot across from an elementary school in what sources said was a fight over a girl. His twin brother witnessed the deadly violence, which took place about a mile from K728 Liberation Diploma Plus High School, where Wright was a senior. Trashawn Jones, 13, has been charged with murder in Wright’s death.
