{"id":320858,"date":"2026-08-14T00:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320858\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:14:17","slug":"bronx-grandmother-devastated-after-grandson-15-fatally-shot-in-head-good-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320858\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx grandmother devastated after grandson, 15, fatally shot in head: \u2018Good kid\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORDHAM, the Bronx (PIX11) — A heartbroken grandmother is grieving after her 15-year-old grandson was fatally shot in the head <\/a>in a Bronx apartment on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

“He was simply a nice kid who loved basketball. Everybody had faults, but he was good,” the boy’s grandmother, Elaine Rogers, told PIX11 News on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"Riley<\/p>\n

Riley Billingslea, 15, left, was shot and killed in a Bronx apartment on Aug. 12, 2026. (Credit: Family)<\/p>\n

Riley Billingslea, 15, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in an apartment on Claflin Avenue in Fordham just before 5:30 p.m., authorities said. He died at the scene.<\/p>\n

A 13-year-old boy was grazed in the chest during the shooting but was able to escape, police said.<\/p>\n

The younger teen told detectives a 16-year-old suspect shot him and Billingslea during an argument. The shooter allegedly pulled a gun out of his backpack and pulled the trigger before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n

While investigators try to piece together what happened, the tragedy has struck a chord with neighbors.<\/p>\n

“I saw nothing wrong. It was cool friends,” said a next-door neighbor.<\/p>\n

Billingslea is the second teen who was fatally shot in the head in the Bronx this week.<\/p>\n

On Monday, 16-year-old John Nunez<\/a> was shot and killed in a Crotona Park apartment. Police are searching for a 16-year-old shooter who may have been playing with the gun when it went off.<\/p>\n

There have been no arrests in either case.<\/p>\n

Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n

Mira Wassef is an award-winning reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined the PIX11 News digital team in 2022. See more of her work here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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