Community's plea to end gun violence echoes through East Harlem

Saturday, April 2, 2016
EAST HARLEM (WABC) -- A community's hope to end gun violence echoed through East Harlem on Saturday.

The plea comes after 16-year-old Juwan Tavarez was shot in the head last Friday afternoon. He later died at Harlem Hospital.
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The shooting happened outside the Jefferson Houses on Third Avenue right across the street from a middle school. Police say the incident started as an argument between the two groups at the housing complex.

Community organizers are determined to see change - this as the search for a young man's killer is underway.

Police are offering a $2,500 reward in the case. There are no suspects at this time.
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