A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for fatally blasting a man in the head outside a Brooklyn deli in broad daylight earlier this month, authorities said Wednesday.
The teen was charged Tuesday in connection to the Aug. 21 shooting of 24-year-old Abdolaye Ba outside the Best Food Mini Market on Blake Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York, police said.
Ba — who lived about two blocks away from the deli — was brought to Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center after he was shot at around 3:30 p.m., police said.
A 15-year-old boy was busted in connection to a fatal shooting on Aug. 21 outside a Brooklyn deli, police said. Wayne Carrington
The victim, 24-year-old Abdolaye Ba, was shot in the head and died three days later, cops said. Wayne Carrington
The teen suspect was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. Wayne CarringtonHe died from his injuries three days later, cops said.
The violence took place down the block from Thomas Jefferson High School, and in a known gang area, according to law-enforcement sources.
The fatal shooting happened just before 3:30 p.m. Aug. 21, police said. Wayne CarringtonThe teen came in to surrender to cops with his grandmother and his attorney, the sources said.
He was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
His name was not released by the NYPD because he is a minor.
The motive for the shooting was unclear Wednesday, but investigators were probing the case as gang-related, according to the sources.
Sources added it didn’t appear that the suspect was part of a gang.
