A 13-year-old boy shot late Thursday in Brooklyn frantically called his mother to tell her he had been shot before collapsing on the sidewalk and dying, officials told the Post.
Troy Gill was shot about 10:30 p.m. about three blocks from his Crown Heights home in an apparent attack by a rival gang, officials said.
Officials said the boy was returning to his neighborhood in an Uber with a friend after watching a Brooklyn Nets game at Barclays Center.
Sources said he was shot four times in the chest and upper body at Bergen and New York streets, then called his mother to tell her he had been shot and was running toward the nearby Brooklyn Children’s Museum. .
The seriously injured boy, who authorities said was affiliated with the Drench Crew gang, ran around the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and St. Marks Street before collapsing to the ground.
He was rushed to Kings County Hospital Center, but his life could not be saved.
His death is the third shooting in Crown Heights this week.
Mr. Gill had been walking on the block where the Drench Crew regularly hung out, and sources believe he was the target of late-night violence by the opposition gang.
Police said several people called 911 after hearing the gunshots, and six shell casings were found at the scene.
The teenager’s stepfather, who did not wish to be named, told the Post that Gill was on his way home from Barclays Center when he was shot.
“Troy was a good kid,” the man said Friday outside the family’s home.
“He wanted to be like this… [an] Aspiring rapper and basketball player. He’s a good guy – he’s 13 years old. ”
According to officials, Gill FaceTimed his mother during the game around 9 p.m., and FaceTimed her mother again about an hour later from an Uber. There were also people in the car who I didn’t know.
The teen’s mother “hasn’t recovered” from her son’s death, the stepfather said.
Councilor Chi Ose, who represents the area where Gil was killed, said the slain teenager was a student at the local MS 354.
“Our office is still investigating the details of this incident,” Océ said. Posted in X.
“Today, we extend our condolences to the victims’ families, loved ones, and the MS 354 community.”
The deadly act of violence occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday when 33-year-old Ramin Barr was fatally shot in the head outside the Ebbets Field Apartments on McKeever Place near Sullivan Place. It happened the day after the injury.
And on Monday, bar clerk Nazim Berry, 37, was shot execution-style outside the Franklin Avenue store where he worked after refusing to give his alleged killer a free cigarillo. It was done.
“Save our streets,” Gill’s stepfather said when asked for his thoughts on the recent spate of violence.
“That’s what’s going through my mind.”
