A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in Brooklyn Thursday night, according to police.
Troy Gill was shot in the chest and the arm near the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and St. Mark’s Avenue in Crown Heights, cops said — just a few blocks from his home.
NYPD at the scene of a shooting where a 13-year-old boy was shot in the leg and chest. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
The shooting happened near the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and St. Mark’s Avenue in Crown Heights. Kevin C. Downs for NY PostPolice received a 911 call at around 10:40 p.m. for a male shot at that location and found Gill with multiple gunshot wounds to the body.
He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, but couldn’t be saved. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
There have been no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.
Police have not revealed a motive in the deadly shooting. Gill was just a few weeks’ shy of his 14th birthday.
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