Boy, 15, shot and killed outside apartment complex in Brooklyn: NYPD

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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.

Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.

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