Three teenagers have been arrested for the deadly taking pictures of a 19-year-old Bronx man simply blocks from his house as detectives examine a attainable gang connection to the taking pictures, officers mentioned Friday.
Detectives from the forty seventh Precinct arrested the three suspects, two 15-year-old boys and a 16-year-old boy, on Thursday for taking pictures Jahmir Turner within the again on Secor Ave. close to Conner St. in Baychester, police mentioned.
Turner was close to the nook at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the three suspects stormed as much as him and opened fireplace, hitting him within the again. It was not instantly clear how most of the teenagers opened fireplace.
Medics rushed the sufferer to Jacobi Medical Heart, the place he died, cops mentioned. He was only a few blocks from his house when he was shot.
The three have been seen fleeing the scene after the taking pictures, cops mentioned.
The three teenagers are charged with homicide, manslaughter and weapons possession. Their names weren’t launched due to their age.
Police sources mentioned Turner had a legal file. Detectives have been engaged on a idea that Wednesday’s taking pictures could possibly be associated to an ongoing gang beef within the space.
The sufferer lived in NYCHA’s Boston Secor Homes, however Turner’s household couldn’t be reached on Thursday. When the Day by day Information visited his household’s house, it was beneath renovation.
“I bear in mind he was an excellent child,” mentioned one neighbor who wished to not be named. “I’d see him, he’d say hi there, we’d maintain it transferring. He grew up right here. It’s tragic what occurred. It’s unhappy.”
Turner’s killing was the primary homicide this yr within the Bronx’s forty seventh Precinct, which covers Woodlawn, Williamsbridge and Baychester.
As of Sunday, there have been already 4 shootings within the precinct — three greater than this time final yr.
Cops within the Bronx had seen a 24% drop in shootings within the borough final yr, from 334 in 2024 to 252.
But the Bronx was accountable for greater than one-third of homicides and shootings within the metropolis in 2025, cops mentioned.
