Armani Hankins, 16, Killed in Downtown Brooklyn Shooting: UPDATE

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Queens resident Armani “Rocky” Hankins, 16, is dead and another 18-year-old is hospitalized after gunfire erupted Monday at sundown on a busy street in Downtown Brooklyn, according to the NYPD.

The 16-year-old was shot in the head around 6:10 p.m. and was declared dead soon after at Brooklyn Hospital, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

Hankins’ friends on Twitter called him “Rocky.”

The 18-year-old was shot in the ankle and transported to Methodist Hospital in Park Slope in stable condition, police said. He was expected to live.

The shooting occurred right outside the Applebee’s on the Flatbush Avenue Extension at Dekalb.

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Witnesses told NBC New York that a rowdy fight broke out between groups of teens at the McDonalds down the block before “the chaos drifted toward Applebee’s, where gunshots were fired.” About 10 shots reportedly rang out — sending bystanders scrambling for cover.

A graphic video uploaded to LiveLeak showed the aftermath of the shooting, with the 16-year-old laying in a pool of blood as his friends fling themselves on him and scream at him to wake up.

As of the following morning, there had been no arrests, and the NYPD investigation was ongoing.

Nearby residents have been complaining recently of fights breaking out between rival high-schoolers in Downtown Brooklyn after class lets out. Last month, a teen boy was stabbed and a police officer reportedly pepper-sprayed in a massive brawl outside Barclays Center.

In a statement released late Monday night, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office called Monday night’s shooting ”gang-related.”

Adams and City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo held a press conference early Tuesday morning outside Brooklyn Borough Hall to address the violence.