A 13-year-old boy is going through homicide prices after allegedly confessing to delivering the deadly blow in the stabbing of one other teen outdoors a Brooklyn pharmacy earlier this month, police mentioned.
The younger teen turned himself into police on the sixtieth Precinct on Sunday in connection to the Jan. 20 lethal stabbing of 17-year-old Nyheem Wright, based on legislation enforcement sources.
Wright died the subsequent day, police mentioned, after a dispute between two teams outdoors the Coney Island Ceremony Help on Mermaid Avenue — just some blocks from the 17-year-old’s residence — turned violent. Video recovered from the time of the assault allegedly reveals the suspect stab Wright with a big knife beneath his armpit.
EMS responded to the scene round 3:30 p.m. and rushed the teenager to Maimonides Hospital, however life-saving measures weren’t profitable.
In a sequence of tweets, the NYC Colleges chancellor mentioned Wright was nearing commencement, and described him as a “hard worker” and “joyful leader”
Greater than per week after the assault, the 13-year-old went to the stationhouse along with his mom the place he allegedly confessed to the stabbing to detectives. Sources additionally mentioned two different boys, 14 and 15 years outdated, surrendered on Sunday and face a number of assault prices.
The afternoon confrontation turned homicide seemed to be motivated from a struggle yesterday between two women, detectives discovered after conducting witness interviews and canvassing the kids’ colleges.