Police Identify Teen Fatally Shot After Getting Off MTA Bus

QUEENS, NY — The NYPD has identified a 16-year-old boy that was fatally shot after getting off a New York City bus on Wednesday.

Police responded to 171-42 Liberty Ave. in Queens around 2:40 p.m. and found Sincere Jazmin unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the torso.

The teen was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead, Patch previously reported.

The 16-year-old may have gotten off an MTA bus nearby and got into a dispute with an unknown individual, who shot him, according to multiple media reports.

A suspect was last seen wearing a black vest, gray sweatshirt, sweatpants and a black backpack, police said.

No arrests have been made as of Thursday morning.

An investigation remains ongoing, police said.

Anyone with information regarding 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.