Teen Shot Near Brooklyn Yeshiva on First Day of School

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At least one shot rang out in the vicinity of the Yeshiva of Flatbush, a Jewish high school in central Brooklyn, around noon on Wednesday, Sept. 9 — the first day of school for all NYC.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the right arm about one block away from the yeshiva, on East 16th Street near Avenue J, according to the NYPD.

Another Jewish school — Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin — is located a couple blocks in the other direction, on Avenue I.

“We were informed of a active shooter in the neighborhood,” Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin tweeted around 1:30 p.m. “We locked down the building and we were notified by NYPD that it is now lifted.”

The 16-year-old shooting victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, a police spokeswoman told Patch.

His wounds are believed to be non-life-threatening.

Police could not say in the immediate aftermath of the shooting whether the victim had been a student at the school. “We don’t have any of that information yet,” an NYPD spokeswoman said. ”It’s under investigation.”

The NYPD still could not provide any details on the victim, the suspect or the investigation by Thursday morning.

A man who answered the phone at the Yeshiva of Flatbush security desk around 2 p.m., and who declined to identify himself, said: “There’s nothing happening here. Everything is fine, Ma’am.” Then he hung up.

A freelance photojournalist at the scene reported that police took a young-looking suspect into custody shortly after the shooting, and found three firearms nearby. (Photo and video footage below.) The NYPD could not confirm this information.

In response to the shooting, New York City Council member David Greenfield tweeted: “WE NEED SECURITY GUARDS FOR YESHIVAS NOW!”

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