Overview

• Police found the victim around 8:20 a.m. Monday at Linden and Springfield boulevards with a gunshot wound to the head and rushed him to Cohen Children’s Medical Center.
• He died Wednesday after doctors declared him brain-dead, and the NYPD is investigating the killing as a homicide.
• Detectives have made no arrests or released a suspect description, with witnesses reporting a shooter on a scooter who opened fire in the Dunkin’ parking lot.
• Relatives say they will donate his organs and are urging tougher gun laws and more police presence outside schools.
• NYPD data compiled by Gothamist shows he is the youngest person killed by gun violence in New York City so far this year.