A 16-year-old girl was fatally shot near a South Bronx school building Thursday afternoon, the police said.
Officers answering a 911 call around 4 p.m. arrived at Home Street and Tinton Avenue in the Morrisania section to find the girl with a gunshot wound to the head, the police said.
The girl was taken to Lincoln Hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead, the police said. Her name was not released pending notification of her family.
The deadly shooting occurred outside a Home Street building that houses three schools: the Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School, Bronx Latin, and Bronx College and Career Preparatory High School.
It was unclear whether the girl attended any of the three, which have a combined enrollment of about 1,400 students. The charter school and Bronx Latin run from sixth through 12th grades.
Representatives of the charter school did not immediately respond to requests for comment, nor did representatives of the city’s Department of Education. Mayor Eric Adams planned to address the shooting at a news conference near the school building Monday night.
Ed Shanahan is a rewrite reporter and editor covering breaking news and general assignments on the Metro desk.
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