2 Bronx teens slain in separate murders
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Two teenagers, including a
13-year-old boy, were gunned
down Sunday in separate
shootings on the streets of the
Bronx, police reported.
Police said that Jaryan Elliot,
13, of Southern Boulevard
was fatally shot in front of an
apartment building at 743 E.
187th St. in Belmont at about
3:18 p.m. on July 11.
According to law enforcement
sources, an unidentifi ed
shooter walked up to Elliot and
opened fi re on him. The motive
for the shooting remains unknown,
but sources familiar
with the investigation stated
that Elliot appeared to be the
intended target.
Offi cers from the 48th Precinct,
in responding to a 911
call about the shooting, found
Elliot with gunshot wounds to
his chest and leg. EMS units
rushed the victim to St. Barnabas
Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
So far, no arrests have been
made in the ongoing investigation.
Detectives are looking for
the shooter, whom police described
as a man in a burgundy
sweatshirt, light colored pants
and black sneakers who fl ed
Two teenagers, including a 13-year-old boy, were gunned down Sunday in separate shootings on the streets of the Bronx, police reported.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
the scene inside a black sedan.
About eight hours later, offi
cers in the Bronx responded
to a second deadly shooting involving
a teenager at the corner
of East 178th Street and
Valentine Avenue in Mount
Hope at about 11:36 p.m. on
July 11.
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Members of the 46th Precinct
found Ramon Gil-Medrano,
16, of Crotona Parkway
shot multiple times in the head
and chest at the location.
Law enforcement sources
said that several men riding
on scooters rode up to the location
and opened fi re on the
teenager. Seconds later, the
suspects rode away northbound
along Valentine Avenue.
EMS units rushed him to
St. Barnabas Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead a
short time later.
Police sources said Gil-Medrano
was known to the NYPD
as being affi liated with a local
gang, and has a prior arrest
history. The motive for the
shooting, however, remains
unknown at this time.
No arrests have been made,
thus far, in the ongoing investigation
into the shooting.