Updated 8 mins agoDetectives are closing in on the suspect responsible for opening fire near a Bronx high school Friday afternoon and striking three teenagers, one fatally, walking out after dismissal.
A person of interest was being questioned by police Saturday morning in connection to the rain of bullets that claimed the life of 16-year-old Angellyh Yambo and injured two others, two senior NYPD officials with direct knowledge of the investigation said. At least six shell casings were recovered from the corner of Saint Ann's Avenue and East 156th Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, where Yambo was shot in the chest. A second 16-year-old girl was shot in the leg and a 17-year-old boy shot in the the buttocks, police said at a press conference. Both are expected to survive.
The three students, who police say were unknown to each other, had recently been let out of school nearby when the shooter opened fire around 1:45 p.m.
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