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Two teenage boys, 14 and 16, were shot inside a busy Brooklyn mall on Monday during a feud at a sneaker store, police said

The victims were among a group of six young males who got into an argument with three suspects who were shopping at the store inside Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Mill Basin around 2:30 p.m., cops said.

Amid the dispute, a 19-year-old male suspect who was standing near the cash register pulled out a gun and fired roughly 10 shots at the other group, striking the two victims, police said.


  A shooting victim is taken to an ambulance as a suspect was arrested nearby. Charles Jones for the N.Y.Post A shooting victim is taken to an ambulance as a suspect was arrested nearby. Charles Jones for the N.Y.Post

The 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg, police said, and the 16-year-old suffered a graze wound to his leg. Their injuries were considered non-life threatening.

Both groups fled the mall after the shooting. The victims were located by police across the street from the shopping center.

Responding officers canvassing the area for the three suspects found them at the nearby intersection of Avenue O And East 53rd Street, Chief Michael Kemper, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, told reporters at a press briefing.


  The scene of the shooting at the Kings Plaza Mall in Brooklyn. Kevin C. Downs for the N.Y.Post The scene of the shooting at the Kings Plaza Mall in Brooklyn. Kevin C. Downs for the N.Y.Post

  Police recovered two guns in the shooting. Kevin C. Downs for the N.Y.Post Police recovered two guns in the shooting. Kevin C. Downs for the N.Y.Post

  An officer picks up a gun at 53rd Street and Avenue U in Brooklyn. Kevin C. Downs for the N.Y.Post An officer picks up a gun at 53rd Street and Avenue U in Brooklyn. Kevin C. Downs for the N.Y.Post

Two guns were recovered from the group and all three suspects were arrested. Charges against them are pending, Kemper said.

Kemper said the 19-year-old shooting suspect was arrested last November in Brooklyn for allegedly possessing four guns.

Sources said he was charged in the case and was out on bail.

“Here he is in Kings Plaza, armed with another gun, firing shots in a mall, which is open,” Kemper said at the press briefing.

One of the other arrested suspects, also 19, was arrested for a November 2019 shooting, according to Kemper. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was out while awaiting sentencing, sources said.

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