A 15-year-old New York boy has been arrested in the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Kyahara Tay, who was gunned down by a stray bullet in the Bronx Monday.
Police say the alleged gunman was arrested at a friend’s house in the Bronx.
He is charged with murder, manslaughter and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Police are still searching for an 18-year-old who is believed to have been driving the scooter from which the fatal shot was fired.
The intended target of the shooting is also believed to have been a teen who was not hit, but the bullet traveled a half block and hit Tay.
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She went into a nail salon for help and collapsed before later dying at the hospital.
Her father, Sokpini Tay, gave a tearful plea at a rally on Wednesday.
“Please have mercy for her,” he said while crying. “Please don’t forget her. Please. She’s a baby. She wasn’t grown up yet. She didn’t have time to grow up. I’ll never get a chance to see her again.”
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams was joined by Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, City Council Member Rafael Salamanca, District Attorney Darcel Clark, and advocates at the “Justice for Kyhara Tay” rally to call for resources, support, and change.
“To the community, if you know who these people are, say something,” Clark said. “This is our job. This is our community. We’ve got to flip the script in them.”
Grief counselors are at Bronx Academy for Multi-Media, where Tay was a sixth grade student as classmates mourned the loss of a friend.
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