Crime & Safety
15-Year-Old Shot, Killed A Man In Brooklyn: NYPD
A 15-year-old suspected of killing a man in New Lots was arrested Tuesday, according to police.
NEW LOTS, NY — A 15-year-old accused of fatally shooting a man in New Lots was arrested Tuesday, police said.
Police say the teenager shot Abdolaye Ba, 24, in the head about 3:25 p.m. August 21 on Blake Avenue between Pennsylvania Avenue and Mary Warren Place.
Ba was rushed to an area hospital and pronounced dead days later, according to the NYPD. The shooting was immediately investigated as a homicide.
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The teenager now faces murder and weapons charges, police said.
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