Metro

NYC teenager killed in targeted shooting in the Bronx

By
Joe Marino and
Steven Vago
Published March 7, 2024, 7:37 p.m. ET

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the neck and killed on a Bronx street during a targeted shooting Thursday, authorities and police sources said. 

The teen was in a fight with a group of kids when gunfire erupted around 4:15 p.m. on Cauldwell Avenue and East 158 Street in Melrose near the Grove Hill Playground and P.S. 157, according to the NYPD and sources.

The victim — who police sources described as an intended target with prior arrests — was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.

NYPD officers at the scene of where a teen was shot in the Bronx on March 7, 2024.
NYPD officers at the scene of where a teen was shot in the Bronx on March 7, 2024. Tomas E. Gaston
Scene of shooting
The teen was shot in the neck on a Bronx street after fighting with a group of kids, police sources said. Tomas E. Gaston
The victim was brought to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in critical condition.
The victim was brought to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in critical condition. Tomas E. Gaston

Sources said the shooter fled the area on foot and remained on the lam Thursday night. 

The broad daylight shooting is the latest violence involving teens in the Big Apple.

Last week, 13-year-old Troy Gill was shot dead by a rival gang in Crown Heights, police sources told The Post.