Police have arrested one of the two people wanted in the shooting death of a 14-year-old in the Bronx last month.
Travis Bloch, 28, has been charged with murder and other offenses in the death of Christopher Duran, who was shot three times in the stomach and once in the head May 22 outside of the Sheridan Avenue building where he lived, police said. The boy was pronounced dead on the street.
Stephanie Guzman, the victim's first cousin, said Duran and his little brother were headed downstairs on their way to school at the time of the shooting.
"What can I say, he was a 14-year-old kid -- normal, with friends, going to school" Guzman said. "His little brother had to see everything and go tell my aunt what was going on. Everyone is devastated; the whole family, we hurt."
Duran was seen arguing with three others on the street before he was shot, police said. Authorities say he was a member of a gang and may have been involved in an argument with members of a rival crew.
It wasn't immediately clear if Bloch had an attorney. Authorities continue to search for a 16-year-old suspect in the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.
