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A 14-year-old boy has been fatally shot in Fordham Heights, police said.
A police spokesperson said on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at around 9.15 p.m. officers from the 46th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a male who had been shot in front of 2249 Morris Avenue. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 14-year-old male [with] a gunshot wound to the torso,” the spokesperson said. “EMS responded and transported the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.”
As reported, an unnamed, 17-year-old girl has since been arrested on murder and other charges in connection to the case, which police said is still ongoing, and additional people are still being sought in connection to the shooting.
The deceased has since been identified as Prince Shabazz, of East Tremont in Mt. Hope.
District 14 City Councilwoman Pierina Sanchez wrote of the tragedy on Dec. 3, “There can be no greater pain than losing your child. Our community is grieving the loss of a 14-year-old boy. I will continue to fight every day to hold my colleagues accountable, and bring the resources we have been deprived of, directly to our community. We are here for you.”
She had previously written on Dec. 1, “We’re fighting for housing, jobs, opportunities so our kids & families have a chance at living with stability. Even as fight, the cancer that is gun violence continues to rip through our community. We lost a young boy yesterday, just 14 years old.”
She continued, “I learned the news from @NYPD46Pct at 3 a.m. while breastfeeding my own little one. This hurts. My most heartfelt condolences go to this family. He should still be with us, but he is gone. Losing our kids is at stake with inaction on inequality. We need guns off our streets & we need to address the root causes of this violence: deep poverty & inequality that keeps us unhoused, unemployed & unfed causing a spiral of stress & poor health manifesting in violence.”
The councilwoman concluded, “No one can tell me there isn’t enough money for universal after-school, for vocational training that lead to good paying jobs with benefits, for deeply affordable housing. No one can tell me this city and country can’t afford the most robust safety net without admitting you don’t care about the hood. Join in the fight to reorient how we think about and act on social justice. Enough is enough.”
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