The search is on for a teen gunman after a 15-year-old was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head inside an apartment in the Bronx on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
Riley Billingslea was discovered dead just before 5:30 p.m. on Claflin Avenue in the Kingsbridge Heights section.<\/p>\n
As police investigated, a 13-year-old was located with a graze wound to the torso. That second boy, also from the Bronx, was taken to St Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n
The 13-year-old told detectives that a 16-year-old shot the 15-year-old in the head during an argument in the apartment.<\/p>\n
The alleged gunman pulled the gun, which has not been recovered, out of his backpack and opened fire on the 15-year-old, the younger victim told police. The grazed boy then fled to his apartment for help.<\/p>\n
Detectives are investigating the circumstances leading up to the two teens being shot.<\/p>\n
This is the second time this week a teenager has been found fatally shot inside a Bronx apartment.<\/p>\n
On Monday, 16-year-old John Nunez<\/a> was shot and killed inside an apartment. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n Police were searching for a 16-year-old boy who ran from the apartment after the shooting. He was later picked up Monday afternoon for questioning.<\/p>\n Detectives believe the teenagers may have been playing with a firearm when it discharged, but the investigation into that shooting remains ongoing.<\/p>\n ———- Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n
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