SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A 14-year-old was shot in the head and killed in Brooklyn late Friday night, according to police.
The teen, identified as Johary Cantave, was sitting in the passenger side of a vehicle while talking with another 14-year-old on a scooter at the intersection of 46th Street and Ninth Avenue in Sunset Park around 11:48 p.m., authorities said. The driver of the vehicle was also a friend of the teen on the scooter, police said.
Three people wearing ski masks approached the group and began arguing with the teen on the scooter, officials reported. That’s when one of the suspects in a ski mask opened fire and shot the teen sitting in the vehicle, according to authorities.
The driver in the vehicle took the victim to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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It’s still unclear whether the suspects knew the victim in the vehicle or if he was the unintended target, investigators tell PIX11 News.
Police are looking for three people last seen wearing ski masks who ran in an unknown direction.
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