16-year-old killed after being shot following dispute in Queens: police sources
JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- A 16-year-old boy is dead after he was shot in the chest following a dispute in Queens on Wednesday, according to police sources.
Police responded to a 911 call of a person shot in front of 171-42 Liberty Ave. in Jamaica around 2:40 p.m.
Officers found the teen unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest.
He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where later died from his injuries.
Surveillance video shows the 16-year-old gunshot victim casually walking down the middle of Liberty Avenue.
Without breaking stride, clutching his chest, the victim looks down at his wound, then heads for a deli on the corner. The teen takes a seat and then collapses on the step.
A beer delivery man then calls 911. Moments later, the victim manages to sit back up, only to collapse one more time.
Harry Patel is the deli worker -- seen in the surveillance video in a white hoodie -- who walked over to try to help the victim up.
"Because he's sleeping, so I do try," Patel said. I say, 'what happened?' But he wasn't answering."
Deli workers said they had no idea what was happening. They said there was no blood, they couldn't see any injuries and they said the victim didn't ask for help or say what happened. He didn't say a word, and they didn't hear any gunshots, but the victim was holding his chest in pain.
"I don't know what happened. He's coming from outside, I don't know what happened," said deli worker Kenny Patel.
Police sources say the victim got off an MTA bus at the location and got into a dispute with a suspect who shot him in the chest.
They say the victim then managed to walk that long block to the deli where he collapsed.
The victim was shot closer to a body shop, where security cameras captured a short confrontation.
Workers there say as soon as the victim got off the bus, the suspect walked right up to him, popped him in the chest and then took off.
Video shows them run off in opposite directions.
It's unclear what led up to the shooting.
Police describe the suspect as a male wearing a black vest, grey-hooded sweatshirt, sweatpants and a black backpack. He fled eastbound on Liberty Avenue.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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