Crime & Safety
Teen Turns Himself In For Shooting Near Jamaica School: Report
A teen who claimed to have shot a teen girl outside a Jamaica charter school Monday turned himself in, according to a news report.
JAMAICA, QUEENS — A teen who claimed to have shot and injured a 16-year-old girl outside a Jamaica charter school Monday turned himself in, according to the New York Post. Police reportedly believe the shooting is linked to another two days earlier that left a boy dead.
The 15-year-old boy said he was responsible for the shooting outside New Dawn Charter High School II that left a teen with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, but law enforcement sources told the Post his confession turned out to be false.
Police arrested the suspected gunman, a 16-year-old boy, on Wednesday. He faces charges of attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Law enforcement sources have told multiple news outlets that the stray-bullet shooting Monday may be connected to the fatal shooting over the weekend at South Jamaica's Baisley Park Houses that killed 14-year-old Aamir Griffin as he practiced basketball.
Both times the shooters missed their intended target, a 16-year-old boy, according to the Post.
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This story has been updated to include reports that the teen who turned himself in made a false confession.
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