Four Teens Fatally Shot in NYC Amid Surge in Youth Violence
A wave of gun violence claims the lives of four teenagers in four days across New York City, with shootings concentrated in public housing areas.
- Malachi Deberry, 15, was shot in the head near his home in Brooklyn on Friday and later died in the hospital.
- Taearion Mungo, 16, was killed outside the Walt Whitman Houses in Fort Greene on Saturday night; he had prior gun-related arrests.
- Tristan Sanders, 16, was fatally shot in the Albany Houses in Crown Heights on Sunday evening; suspects fled the scene.
- Clarence Jones, 16, was the first of the four victims, shot in Harlem early Thursday morning; police are searching for suspects on Razor scooters.
- Investigations are ongoing in all cases, with no arrests made and motives still unclear.