Overview
- Ka’mardre Coleman, 16, was shot in the chest inside the NYCHA Sheepshead Bay Houses on Monday evening and died at a hospital.
- Police arrested a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday, and prosecutors arraigned him Wednesday on second-degree manslaughter and gun-possession charges.
- Attorneys for both sides say the shooting appeared accidental as four teens passed a handgun and a round fired, striking Coleman.
- Prosecutors say the gun belonged to the defendant, who tried to help his friend before fleeing, and that the two were high school football teammates.
- Mourners held a vigil for Coleman as an honors student and standout athlete, and data show the precinct’s shootings track last year while Gothamist counts him as at least the fifth teen killed by gunfire in New York City this year.