NYPD: Bronx teen arrested in fatal shooting of another teen
NYPD officials said Tyrell Williams was picked up in the Bronx at around 12 p.m. by the department’s violent felony squad, five days after Laquai Dash, also 17, was gunned down barely a block from Legacy College Prep Charter High School in Melrose, where he was a student.
Police said the teens had gotten into a dispute when Williams allegedly pulled out a gun and began firing at Dash. Police were not sure whether Williams and Dash attended the same school. Dash’s grandmother told Gothamist Friday that she believed they went to different schools. “He was a very respectable child. I had no problems with him,” said Vivian Coward, who added that her grandson was on track to graduate high school and start at SUNY Buffalo in the fall. Dash’s 12-year-old sister Nia Sky Dash told Gothamist Friday, with permission from her grandmother, that it would be hard to imagine life without her older brother. “We would just watch documentaries together and movies, and we would just talk about life and stuff like that,” she said. “He was just trustworthy and just a really overall kind person.” Williams’ arraignment was pending Wednesday in Bronx Criminal Court. Information for his attorney was not immediately available. According to data from the NYPD, Dash was the first person to be fatally shot in the 40th precinct so far this year, which covers the South Bronx neighborhoods of Port Morris, Mott Haven, and Melrose.Brittany Kriegstein covers all breaking news around New York City, with a focus on crime and gun violence. Got a tip? Email Brittany at bkriegstein@nypublicradio.org.NY mosques are struggling to serve migrants as Ramadan beginsGothamist is a website about New York City news, arts, events and food, brought to you by New York Public Radio.
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