NEW YORK (WABC) -- Police have arrested a teen in a double shooting in Brooklyn earlier this week.
Malik Peters, 17, of Brooklyn, was arrested and has been charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and a weapons charge.
He is accused of shooting two teens, one fatally, in downtown Brooklyn Monday evening in an apparent gang-related attack. The attack happened around 6 p.m. at the crowded intersection of Flatbush and DeKalb avenues in Downtown Brooklyn, across the street from a university campus and the entrance to a subway stop.
Armani Hankins, 16, of Queens, was shot in the head, and was taken to Brooklyn Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An 18-year-old boy was shot in the ankle and taken to Methodist Hospital in serious, but stable condition.
The two are believed to be members of an East New York-based crew named the "Four-Two-Five" who ran into a rival crew from Fort Greene. Police said members of the rival crew started the argument and then opened fire.
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The gunfire left shell casings scattered around the crowded sidewalk, and bullet holes in cars parked on Flatbush Avenue. One of the guns used was found a few blocks away.