
A police emergency services unit responds to a double shooting in East Harlem. Photo by David Karp/AP Photo
A teenager was killed Thursday afternoon in an East Harlem shooting that also left another man wounded.
Police arrested a 36-year-old in connection with the shooting but have not yet charged him or released his name.
Bronx resident Jaquan Wilson, 18, was found with multiple gunshot wounds when officers arrived at 2383 2nd Avenue, near 122nd Street, around 12:30 p.m., police said. Wilson was taken to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead, said police.
The other victim was a 26-year-old, who was shot in the buttocks and was in stable condition at Harlem Hospital.
A report on dnainfo.com quoted a source saying that the suspect told investigators he was being robbed by the two men that he eventually shot. The report said he was “able to wrestle the gun away from one of the men before turning it on both of them.” Police did not confirm any of that information.
A gun was found at the scene, police said.
This is the second killing in East Harlem this week. On Tuesday, 73-year-old Julia Hernandez was killed in her Wagner Houses apartment. Gregory Velez, 35, was arrested Thursday and charged with murder and robbery.
