Arrest made in shooting of 14-year-old boy

CROWN HEIGHTS

Police say 18-year-old /*Dequan Edwards*/ was arrested Thursday night and charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Edwards is accused of fatally shooting /*Tyrek O'Hara-Morris*/ in the head on Park Place in /*Crown Heights*/ shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

O'Hara-Morris was just a few of blocks from his home at the time.

Thursday night, friends and family held an emotional vigil on the street where he was killed.

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