Overview
- Gunfire erupted just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday in a seventh-floor hallway at Eastchester Gardens on Adee Avenue in the Allerton section of the Bronx.
- The 15-year-old, identified by police as Eric Aitken of Connecticut, was shot in the chest and later died at Jacobi Hospital.
- A 14-year-old boy suffered an arm wound and is in stable condition at Jacobi Hospital, according to authorities.
- Police say the younger teen was located about a quarter-mile away on the 2900 block of Laconia Avenue and was taken to the hospital by officers.
- No arrests have been announced as the NYPD searches for multiple suspects, with witnesses reporting at least three shots and residents calling for stronger security.