{"id":390000,"date":"2026-11-01T19:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/390000\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T19:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:12:16","slug":"teenager-shot-in-the-arm-at-queens-playground-person-responsible-flees-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/390000\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager shot in the arm at Queens playground, person responsible flees: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Queens, NY (PIX11) &#8211; A 17-year-old boy was shot in the arm at a playground in Queens late Saturday night, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shooting happened around 11:53 p.m. at Frank O&#8217;Connor Playground near 78th Street and Woodside Avenue in Elmhurst.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:PIX11&#039;s Traffic Center;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"http:\/\/pix11.com\/traffic\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0PIX11&#8217;s Traffic Center\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the teenager was shot in the right arm by an unidentified person. He was taken to He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The person responsible fled the scene in an unknown direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:crimestoppers.nypdonline.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">crimestoppers.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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens, NY (PIX11) &#8211; A 17-year-old boy was shot in the arm at a playground in Queens late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-390000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}