A 15-year-old boy is in police custody after cops allegedly witnessed him gun down a person close to a Bronx courthouse in broad daylight Wednesday.
Officers from the forty fourth Precinct had been patrolling close to East 161st Road and Morris Avenue round 2:40 p.m. once they noticed {the teenager} allegedly draw a gun and hearth off a number of photographs at a 29-year-old man, police stated.
The person was shot as soon as within the chest, whereas the teenager fled, in accordance with cops.
EMS rushed the sufferer to Lincoln Hospital, the place he was later pronounced lifeless, the NYPD stated.
The officers who watched the taking pictures unfold chased after the baby-faced gunman and caught him a number of blocks away at East 156th Road and Courtlandt Avenue, the place they took him into custody.
Investigators recovered a firearm on the scene.
Expenses had been pending in opposition to {the teenager} as of late Wednesday night time.
Police are investigating if the lethal gunfire was gang-related, sources stated.
