On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at approximately 1442 hours, New York City Police Department (NYPD) police officers from the 44th Precinct in the Bronx, assigned to a footpost on E. 161st Street and Morris Avenue, observed a 15-year-old male display and discharge a firearm multiple times towards a 29-year-old male victim, striking him once in the chest, before fleeing on foot from the scene.
EMS responded to the scene and transported the male victim to NYC Health + Hospitals / Lincoln, where he was later pronounced deceased.
Officers who witnessed the shooting pursued the suspect to E. 156 lth Street and Courtlandt Avenue and placed him into custody.
A firearm was also recovered at the scene.
Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, an unnamed 15-year-old male individual was arrested and charged on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at 1455 hours, within the confines of the 40th Precinct in the Bronx.
Charges:
- murder in the 2nd degree;
- manslaughter in the 1st degree;
- criminal possession of a weapon in the 2nd degree, 2 counts.
Following proper family notification, the deceased has been identified as follows.
Victim:
Jerron Grant
address withheld
Bronx, NY 10456
The investigation remains ongoing.
All charges are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1–800–577–TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1–888–57–PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers‘ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All tips will be kept strictly confidential.
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