Queens Teenager Fatally Shot on New Year's Eve

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot late New Year's Eve on a street corner in Queens, police say.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting at 11:30 p.m. at the corner of 109 Avenue and Merrick Boulevard and found a teenager shot once in the head, investigators said.

The victim was later identified as Jihad Jackson, of the Rosedale neighborhood in Queens, police said.

No arrest has been made. 

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