The 13-year-old boy declared brain-dead after being shot in the head at a Staten Island playground Friday afternoon has died, the NYPD said Tuesday as it declared his case a homicide investigation.
Sources say a 17-year-old is now in custody. Details on the charges weren't immediately clear, but investigators allege he is connected to the shooting that killed Jamoure Harrell. More details are expected later Tuesday.
Harrell, who lived in the borough, died Monday of his injuries, officials say.
Harrell was gunned down in the middle of the afternoon Friday, just before 4 p.m., at the Dr. Maggie Howard Playground, near the Stapleton Houses on Warren and Gordon streets, authorities have said.
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It happened about a block from his school, I.S. 49, as he hung out with a group of friends after classes got out.
According to the NYPD, another teenager some distance away fired two shots into the group, with one of the bullets hitting Harrell in the face.
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Community activist Malcolm Penn, who knew the boy, said he had been set to graduate from eighth grade next month and was looking forward to it. He described Harrell as a "very energetic kid, just out having fun on a beautiful day like a 13-year-old does."
The intended target of the shooting wasn't clear.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
