Police are searching for a 12-year-old accomplice to the 14-year-old gangbanger accused of fatally shooting a promising teen girl at a Bronx playground.
The younger thug allegedly handed the gun to the baby-faced accused shooter during the fatal encounter shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, with a stray bullet striking 16-year-old Evette Jeffrey in the head as she rode her scooter near a local school, killing her on the spot, police and sources said.
Evette Jeffrey, 16, was shot in the head as she rode her scooter near a local school, killing her on the spot. Robert Miller
NYPD crime unit on the scene of the fatal shooting in the Bronx. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockThe deadly dispute between rival street gangs – Forest Over Everything and the upstart crew Kreep On Davidson based at the Davidson Houses housing project in Morrisania — stemmed from a scuffle earlier in the day, sources said.
It is not clear which gang the accused killer belonged to.
The gun-toting teen was arrested Tuesday morning by the NYPD and a US Marshals task force while getting into a cab on Rev. James A. Polite Avenue, the sources said.
Evette had been celebrating her one-year anniversary with her boyfriend at a local Chinese buffet when she was caught in the crossfire and killed, her family said.
The gun-toting teen was arrested Tuesday morning by the NYPD and a US Marshals task force. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock“I don’t forgive,” the girl’s grieving grandmother said of the teen gunman. “I hold your family responsible because they should be watching you.
“Whoever handed you [the gun] or had it, I will never forgive you.”
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