No arrest yet in Bronx shooting that killed 14-year-old boy

Saturday, May 23, 2015

14-year-old boy shot and killed on way to school in the Bronx

Darla Miles reports from the Claremont section.

BRONX, N.Y. (WABC) -- A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Bronx Friday morning.

According to police, the victim, identified as Christopher Duran, was shot three times in the stomach and once in the head around 8:30 a.m. on the 1100 block of Sheridan Avenue.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses told police the shooting followed an argument between Duran and two other people.

Authorities say he associated with a local gang and already has several prior arrests as a juvenile, and the shooting happened in part of an NYPD Impact Zone, where the department sends officers to beef up their police presence because of the known gang activity.

The suspects fled south-bound on Sheridan Avenue.

There was a brief shelter-in at the Sheridan Academy for Young Leaders and the Family School due to police activity in the area.

Duran may have graduated from the Family School within the last several years.

Authorities have released a surveillance image of one suspect and a description of both. The first is a black or dark-skinned Hispanic male wearing all black, while the second is a Hispanic male wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt with dark sleeves, blue jeans and a red bandana covering his face.