A 17-year-old boy was <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/27/nypd-during-2-shot-dead-inside-nyc-apartment-building/">shot and killed</a> in broad daylight outside of a public housing complex in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

The teen was shot once in the chest shortly before 3 p.m. outside of <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/20/nyc-plans-to-demolish-two-nycha-buildings-build-new-apartments-for-public-housing-residents/">NYCHA’s Polo Grounds Towers</a> at 2971 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, cops said.

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</a><figcaption>The murder occurred in broad daylight outside of NYCHA’s Polo Grounds Towers.</figcaption><figcaption><span class="credit">Peter Gerber</span></figcaption>

He was taken to Harlem Hospital by EMS in critical condition and was declared dead shortly after, the NYPD said. 

The suspect was described as a male who fled on foot southbound on Frederick Douglass Boulevard, police said.

He was rushed to Harlem Hospital by EMS in critical condition and was declared dead shortly after, according to police.{ai:summary}<p>#crime</p>

17-year-old shot dead outside NYC public housing complex in broad daylight: NYPD

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