A 14-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed in a Queens apartment building on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Officers responded to the Norman Towers complex in Jamaica around 5 p.m., and the teen was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS, according to the NYPD.
The victim was shot in the head and killed at his family’s apartment in Norman Towers. Google MapsA firearm was recovered in the building, authorities said.
The teenager was allegedly hanging out in his family’s apartment with a handful of friends when the gun went off, sources told the Daily News.
One of the friends, however, stayed at the home to open the door for the police when they arrived, the outlet reported.
The victim’s parents, who were both at work at the time, rushed home only to find their son dead.
“I save people everyday, but I couldn’t save my own son. I don’t know why God would do this to me. He was a beautiful boy,” the victim’s mother, a registered nurse, told the outlet.
It is unclear who the gun belonged to, but neighbors suggested one of the victim’s friends brought it. Christopher SadowskiNeighbors suggested that one of the victim’s friends owned the gun.
No arrests have been made as the investigation remains active.
