A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in the head while sitting in a car in Brooklyn Friday night, marking the latest tragic episode of New York City youth violence.

Johary Cantave was in a white Mitsubishi at 46th Street and Ninth Avenue in Sunset Park – about seven blocks from his home – when gunfire erupted around 11:50 p.m., cops said.

The bullets flew as three unknown males fought with a person outside the vehicle, police said.

Photos from the scene show the vehicle’s back window was blasted out by the gunfire.

The victim’s friend drove him to Maimonides Medical Center but he couldn’t be saved, cops said.

Police are looking for three males, who may have fled on mopeds, police sources said.

Johary Cantave was in a white Mitsubishi at 46th Street and Ninth Avenue in Sunset Park – about seven blocks from his home –  when gunfire erupted around 11:50 p.m., cops said.

Youth violence across New York City hit historic highs last year, with staggering numbers of shooters and shooting victims under the age of 18, according to NYPD data released in January.

Last year, 14% of shooting victims and 18% of shooters were under 18 years old, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during an otherwise-triumphant news conference outlining historic drops in crime.

The boy’s grieving mom, who declined to provide her name, was lying in bed crying at the family’s apartment Saturday morning.

The teen was an 8th-grader and would have graduated from middle school in three months, she said.

“I try to be strong,” she said.

“I love you,’ that’s the last words he said,” she recalled. “Fourteen years old, 14 years old.”

“He liked music, he liked dance, he liked to make jokes – a very good kid,” she said.

She demanded that cops arrest the shooter.

“They have to go to prison for life,” she said. “I don’t want them out. They see no day, no light. Nothing.”