Overview

• Darrell Harris, 17, was shot in the head and right arm around 8:15 p.m. on June 24 during a water gun fight in Starlight Park and later died at Jacobi Medical Center.
• Witnesses say a black-hooded assailant opened fire in the crowd, dropping two 9 mm casings before fleeing north on Sheridan Avenue.
• Police have collected multiple water guns, shell casings and a knife at the scene and are scouring the park for surveillance video.
• Harris’s mother, Kelli Lewis, who lost another son to gun violence in 2021, is calling for urgent action as teen shootings in New York City have doubled since 2018.
• Community leaders are urging expanded violence-prevention programs to curb the rising tide of youth gun violence in the Bronx.