(Washington Insider Magazine) A 19-year-old teenager died and a woman was injured when they were shot by a man this morning in a fight that began in a nightclub and spread to the street in Queens (NYC).
Death of a Teenager
A 19-year-old teenager died and a woman was injured when they were shot by a man this morning in the middle of an argument in a nightclub in Queens (NYC).
According to police, the shooting occurred at the “Amadeus Nightclub” on Albion Ave. near Queens Blvd. in the Elmhurst neighborhood around 4 a.m. from today.
The dance venue was hosting a “Coldest Winter Ever” celebration with four DJs mixing dance music when a fight broke out inside the venue, the Daily News reported.
The reasons for the argument were not immediately available. But apparently the disagreement that started in the club spilled over onto the street, where a man in a blue hoodie pulled out a gun and began shooting, hitting the 19-year-old victim in the back and shoulder. A 31-year-old woman was hit in the buttocks.
Paramedics took both victims to Elmhurst Hospital, where the teen died. His name was not immediately released pending family notification. The woman was reported in stable condition, police said.
The gunman jumped into a black and white Cadillac Escalade, which sped down the street. No arrests have been made. Investigators were scouring the area today for surveillance video that could help them identify him.
The death this morning was added to a long list of teenagers killed and injured with bladed weapons and firearms this week on the streets of New York. The cases include Josué López-Ortega, a 15-year-old boy who died yesterday hours after being shot in the head Thursday outside a basketball game at a Police Athletic League facility in The Bronx (NYC).
Anyone with information on these cases should call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
Young people are increasingly protagonists in gun violence in New York as victims and perpetrators, particularly shootings and attacks with bladed weapons. In September an NYPD report found that recidivism among teens had risen sharply over the past five years and the number of gunmen and their underage victims had tripled in recent years.
Thursday’s shooting came just a day after two teenagers were shot Wednesday near a Queens high school and a 13-year-old boy was arrested as a suspect in the shooting. In addition, on Tuesday two teenagers were stabbed to death in gang attacks in Queens and Brooklyn, just hours apart.
This article is written by El-Diario.
