Crime & Safety

16-Year-Old Shot In Jamaica: Police

The authorities are looking for a suspect with a white Infinity Sedan, the NYPD said.

QUEENS – A 16-year-old teenager was shot in Jamaica on Sunday afternoon, police reported.

The teenager was shot twice in the abdomen on 165th Street, between 89th and Jamaica avenues, about 4:30 p.m., police said.

Medics took the wounded teen to the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, authorities said.

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The authorities are looking for a suspect with a white Infinity Sedan, the NYPD said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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