Crime & Safety

17-Year-Old Shot And Killed In Harlem: Police

Dominick Allen, 17, was shot and killed Sunday evening near East 105th Street and First Avenue, police said.

An NYPD sign on a patrol car in New York City.
An NYPD sign on a patrol car in New York City. (Getty Images/Ben185)

HARLEM, NY — A teenager was shot and killed in East Harlem on Sunday, police said.

Harlem resident Dominick Allen, 17, was shot in the chest around 5 p.m. in front of 425 E. 105th Street, near First Avenue, police said.

Allen took himself to a local hospital by private means, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

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NYPD did not provide detail on what led to the shooting.

There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.

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