A teenage boy is dead following a late night shooting in Canarsie, police say.
According to the NYPD, Javel Lawton, 15, was found outside the Bay View Houses on 102nd Street with a gunshot wound to the torso at around 9 p.m.
He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police say Lawton did not live in the area, but in East Flatbush a few miles away.
The shooting took place near P.S. 272.
It's still not clear why he was shot or if he knew the person who shot him. The shooter is still at large.
This is the second homicide victim in New York City so far in 2024.
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