"Police said the bloodshed occurred at the Eastchester Gardens Houses located at 1219 Adee Ave. at about 6:25 p.m. on Dec. 27. Officers from the 49th Precinct rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call about shots fired inside the complex. Upon arriving at the scene, they found 15-year-old Eric Aitken of Waterbury, CT, with a gunshot wound to his chest. EMS rushed Aitken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition; he would later be pronounced dead at the facility."
"During the preliminary investigation, cops located a second victim, a 14-year-old shot in the left arm, in front of a building on the 2900 block of Laconia Avenue, about a quarter-mile from the Adee Avenue location where the shooting was first reported. Officers rushed the wounded teenager in their own marked police cruiser to Jacobi Hospital. He was listed in stable condition. The motive for the shooting was not disclosed. So far, no arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation, police said."
A shooting occurred at Eastchester Gardens Houses, 1219 Adee Ave., at about 6:25 p.m. on Dec. 27. Officers from the 49th Precinct responded after receiving a 911 call about shots fired inside the complex. Fifteen-year-old Eric Aitken of Waterbury, CT, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to Jacobi Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. A 14-year-old was located about a quarter-mile away with a gunshot wound to the left arm and was transported to Jacobi Hospital in a police cruiser; he was listed in stable condition. The motive is unknown and no arrests have been made. Tips can be reported to Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (Spanish: 888-57-PISTA), online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X @NYPDTips.
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