Police on Friday have released images of the gunman suspected of shooting a 17-year-old Brooklyn boy on his way to the first day of school after winter break, officials said.
The teen was outside Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School in Fort Greene, when he was approached by a man asking if he was a specific individual, according to authorities.
The student denied being that person but was shot in the stomach anyway at N. Oxford St. and Park Ave. at about 8:25 a.m., cops said.
The victim ran across the street into the school and collapsed at the safety agent’s desk. Reps for the school system did not immediately confirm if the victim attends McKinney.
Students and teachers briefly sheltered within the building, according to school officials.
The incident occurred just hours after 10 young people ages 16-20 were wounded in a mass shooting outside a Queens nightclub on Wednesday night during a “celebration of life” for 17-year-old Tea’Arion Mungo, who was shot to death outside NYCHA’s Walt Whitman Houses in Brooklyn during a spate of October violence that claimed the lives of five teens in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx in as many days.
Mungo lived near the McKinney school. Detectives were investigating the possibility that Thursday’s shooting and the bloodshed in Queens were related, police sources said.
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Police investigate the shooting outside Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School in Fort Greene. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
“While this incident took place off campus, this display of gun violence is deeply concerning,” Jenna Lyle, a spokeswoman for the public schools, said Thursday. “We are grateful to our dedicated school staff and NYPD school safety agents who provided critical support to this young person.”
EMS rushed the teen to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where doctors listed him in critical but stable condition.
The gunman ran off. No arrests have been made.
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Medics rushed the teen to Methodist Hospital, where doctors listed him in critical but stable condition. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Police scoured the area for surveillance footage of the shooter, who was described as Black with a slim build. He was last seen wearing a black North Face coat, a multi-colored hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants and brown boots.
Investigators released the images of Thursday’s shooter in the hopes someone recognizes him.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is urged to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
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