Tragedy Strikes in SoHo: 16-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Manhattan Square

A 16-year-old teenager died after being shot in the head yesterday in the middle of the afternoon in a small square in the SoHo area of ​​Manhattan (NYC).

According to the NYPD, two groups of girls were fighting around 2:25 pm on Tuesday when two men intervened. Suddenly one of them shot the victim in the head and leg. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he died, he said. Daily News. He was a student at a nearby school, but his name has not been released.

Foster Sarpong, manager of a nearby parking lot, said ABC News who ducked for cover behind a parked car when he heard the gunshots.

The crime took place on the pedestrian strip that connects Spring St and Dominick St. nearby Dominican Hotel, several museums and schools. In the area there is a square that is popular with tourists and students. “What is Mayor Adams going to do about this gun violence? ” asked resident Thomas Libonati rhetorically.

The police believe that the debate started in schoolspread to a public place and then it ended with the death of the teenager. The gunman and a friend fled on a Citi Bike.

No arrests have been made or any suspects identified. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page Crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CREATIVE), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.

Young people are key figures in gun violence in New York as both victims and perpetrators, especially arson and knife attacks on streets, homes, schools, public transport and businesses.

Also yesterday, two youths were stabbed around 4:30 p.m. not Williamsburg, Brooklyn. last week a fifteen-year-old man stabbed his neighbor to death in the middle of a group of teenagers outside his building in The Bronx (NYC).

In October A 13-year-old student was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old student while leaving class inside an MTA bus in Island State (NYC).