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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.
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