Overview
- Officers from the 71st Precinct responded around 8:45 p.m. Saturday to 1196 Eastern Parkway and found the teen with a gunshot wound to the head, and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
- The shooter or shooters fled before police arrived, no arrests have been announced, and investigators have not identified a motive.
- The victim was identified as Tyson Harps Jr., 16, of the Bronx, and he was found near Rochester Avenue in Crown Heights.
- Harps’ family members publicly mourned his death and urged anyone with information to come forward.
- The NYPD asked for tips to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS, with online and DM options, and precinct data show four homicides year-to-date in both 2024 and 2025.