NEW YORK (PIX11) – A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot outside of an apartment complex in Brooklyn Tuesday night, according to the NYPD.
Police responded to the Bay View Houses in Canarsie around 9 p.m. The boy, identified by police as Javel Lawton, was shot once in the chest, according to authorities.
He was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Brookdale where he was pronounced dead, police said.
No arrests have been made so far. The investigation remains ongoing, according to authorities.
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