The Staten Island teenager who was shot in the head Friday while he was hanging out at a borough playground is now braindead, police sources said.
while he was hanging out at a borough playground is now brain dead, police sources said.
A single bullet struck the teen on the left side of the head and exited out the right side, police sources said.Two men fled up a path on the park’s Hill Street side, while another group of five ran into the nearby Stapleton Houses, according to cops and police sources. . The paper added that a community advocate was trying to help him escape street violence before the shooting.They went to a bodega on Tompkins Avenue, then headed for the park where they hung out for about 45 minutes, sources told The Post.
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