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QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) --- Authorities are searching for a suspect who fatally shot a teen in Queens Thursday night, police said.
The victim, 19, was shot in the chest in a home at 178-16 Leslie Rd. in Jamaica before he was taken to the hospital, where he died, according to the NYPD. Authorities were called after two people rushed the unidentified man to the hospital at around 10:30 p.m., police and sources said.
Ballistics were found at the scene of the shooting, sources said.
There have been no arrests. No other information was immediately available.
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