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SOHO, Manhattan (PIX11) --- A second suspect was nabbed in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy who was trying to break up a fight in a SoHo courtyard last month, authorities said.
The boy, also 16, was arrested Wednesday in Newark and charged with murder in the second degree in connection to the killing of Mahki Brown on May 7, according to the NYPD. The suspect was arraigned in Supreme Court and is being held without bail, according to a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
Brown was fatally shot in Urban Plaza, a courtyard located across from 233 Spring St. between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue in SoHo, at around 2:30 p.m., police said.
The teen and the suspected shooter, Henry Thomas, 19, arrived at the courtyard on a CitiBike and fled the scene on the bike, police said. Thomas was arrested in May and charged with murder.
Thomas allegedly shot Brown in the head and leg when the teen stepped to be a peacemaker during an argument between two groups of teenage girls who had an ongoing beef, according to police. The students attend Broome Street Academy Charter High School.
There were about 30 people in the courtyard during the fight, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny. Brown was not the intended target.
“He was the kind of guy that would have stepped in to help anybody,” Kenny previously said.
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