Near-Fatal Stabbing, Shooting Death Of 16-Year-Old Over Last 5 Days Rock New Rochelle

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Violence involving younger individuals in a Westchester County metropolis is elevating considerations.

First, there was a near-fatal stabbing over the weekend in New Rochelle. Then on Tuesday, a 16-year-old was shot useless, allegedly by one other teenager, CBS2’s Tony Aiello reported.

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The scene at Fourth and Washington was labored by cops on Tuesday night time and visited Wednesday morning by the sufferer’s father.

Julian Oliveros, 16, was shot a number of occasions in what one supply referred to as “virtually an execution.”

Police the 16-year-old alleged gunman fled the scene and was captured a number of blocks away holding a 9mm handgun.

“That is yet one more instance of how the widespread availability of weapons can rework what may in any other case be a minor dispute right into a heartbreaking tragedy,” New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson stated.

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“I feel it’s an emergency on the extent of COVID, on the extent of racism and antisemitism,” stated Mark McLean of the New Rochelle Inter-Non secular Coalition.

McLean, a minister, heads a gaggle of non secular leaders within the metropolis, which additionally noticed youth violence on Saturday when a dispute in a car parking zone left an 18-year-old in essential situation after a stabbing. A 17-year-old was later charged.

“Now we have to establish some applications, start to create paradigms that construct values. Now we have to interact our younger individuals,” McLean stated.

The alleged shooter in Tuesday’s incident attended New Rochelle Excessive College. A supply instructed Aiello he was incessantly absent. The district stated the sufferer “beforehand attended” the varsity.

Police are attempting to find out a motive for the lethal capturing and are working to hint how the 16-year-old bought maintain of a so-called “ghost gun,” with no serial quantity.

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The 16-year-old suspect appeared earlier than a decide on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll be held in a youth heart pending a court docket look subsequent week.