NYC NewsPublished: Oct. 13, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
A 17-year-old Queens teen was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the Sept. 21 fatal shooting of 14-year-old Malakai Adams, police said.
Adams was shot at about 3:35 p.m. near the rear of the Ocean Bay Apartments on Beach Channel Drive in the Arverne section of Queens, according to the NYPD.
Responding officers found Adams with a gunshot wound to the back. He was rushed to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The NYPD generally does not release the identities of minors charged with crimes.
The investigation remains ongoing.
Scott R. Axelrod is a breaking news reporter for the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com, covering crime, public safety, community issues and the people who make Staten Island one of New York City’s most… more