Teen Charged For Killing 15-Year-Old In Bushwick Houses, Cops Say

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Police arrested a teenager accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy in the Bushwick Houses on Tuesday.

Elijah Harris, 19, was charged Wednesday with murdering Kyon Jackson in the public housing complex at 370 Bushwick Ave. Tuesday afternoon at about 2:50 p.m., said police.

Harris was taken in for questioning shortly after emergency responders rushed Jackson and a 42-year-old man, who had a graze wound on his cheek, to Woodhull Hospital, said police.

Harris, of Bed-Stuy, was charged with murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment at about 6 p.m. Wednesday evening, police said.

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