"The boy was wounded behind the NYCHA's Boston Secor Houses in the Eastchester neighborhood around 2:50 p.m., according to police. The young victim was in critical but stable condition at Jacobi Hospital, the NYPD said."
"About 24 hours earlier, Quahmir Cruz, 18, was fatally shot in the chest in front of NYCHA's Van Dyke Houses in Brownsville, police said. Cruz, a resident of the same public housing complex, was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries."
"Motives in both violent incidents were unclear, and no suspects were in custody as of Monday evening, authorities said. No motive was revealed for the Bronx bloodshed."
"The two shootings are the latest examples of recent violent crime against the city's youth. A 16-year-old boy, Marquise Byfield, was shot and killed at a Brooklyn bodega April 24, and Jonathan Melo, 17, was fatally stabbed in the back April 29 by alleged attacker Andrew Tollinche outside a Bronx apartment."
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head in the Bronx near NYCHA’s Boston Secor Houses in Eastchester around 2:50 p.m. He was taken to Jacobi Hospital, where he was listed as critical but stable. About 24 hours earlier, an 18-year-old, Quahmir Cruz, was fatally shot in the chest in front of NYCHA’s Van Dyke Houses in Brownsville and died at Brookdale Hospital. Motives in both incidents were unclear, and no suspects were in custody as of Monday evening. The shootings add to a recent pattern of violence involving the city’s youth, including a bodega shooting, a fatal stabbing, and a gang-fueled brawl in Queens.
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