Four teenagers were fatally shot across the Big Apple in as many days – a violent stretch that saw two of the young victims gunned down on the grounds of public housing developments, authorities said.
Most recently, Tristan Sanders, 15, was struck in the chest when bullets flew around 7:20 p.m. Sunday on the grounds of the New York City Housing Authority’s Albany Houses on St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, police said.
He was taken to the Kings County Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.
The motive for the violence is under investigation.
A day earlier, Taearion Mungo, 16, was fatally shot in the chest around 11:45 p.m. Saturday outside a building on Auburn Place within NYCHA’s Walt Whitman Houses in Fort Greene, cops said.
He was rushed to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was also pronounced dead, police said.
The motive for that shooting also remains unclear.
Mungo, who lived in the nearby Ingersoll Houses, has two prior gun-related arrests, one of which is sealed, according to police sources.
His most recent arrest came around 1:30 a.m. June 16 – when he was found in possession of a loaded gun during a car stop, the sources said.
At that time, investigators said he was affiliated with a local gang, according to the sources.
The surge of teen violence began when Clarence Jones, 16, was fatally shot early Thursday in Harlem, cops said.
Jones was blasted in the torso just after 1:30 a.m. at West 124 Street and Lenox Avenue, authorities said.
He was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Jones’ father collapsed at the scene and cried out that his teenage son had been “taken” from him, gut-wrenching photos showed.
Police are seeking two suspects on Razor scooters, sources said.
Another teen, identified by the NYPD as Malachi Deberry, 15, was shot in the head on Lenox Road near Rockaway Parkway in Brownsville around 8:40 p.m. Friday, cops said.
Deberry – who lived several blocks away – was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was initially listed in critical condition before succumbing to his injuries, police said.
Police were still investigating the circumstances leading to the shooting.
No arrests have been made in any of the deadly shootings