What to Know
- A teenage boy found dead on the roof of a NYCHA building in Brooklyn was murdered, the NYPD said
- Officers found the boy on the roof of one of the Brevoort Houses buildings in Bedford-Stuyvesant Tuesday afternoon
- EMS pronounced the teen dead at the scene, the NYPD said
A teenage boy found dead on the roof of a NYCHA building in Brooklyn was murdered, the NYPD said.
Officers were patrolling one of the Brevoort Houses buildings in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday when they found Ihuoma Uchanma, 18, of Stuyvesant Heights, unconscious and unresponsive on the roof, police said.
EMS pronounced Uchanma dead at the scene, according to police.
Police are investigating his death as a homicide, the NYPD said.
No one has been arrested in connection with the teen’s death, and an investigation is ongoing.
The Medical Examiner will determine how he died.
