FAR ROCKAWAY, Queens (WABC) — An 18-year-old is in custody after a teen was killed in a shooting on the subway in Queens.
Police have identified the 15-year-old killed on Friday as Jayjon Burnett.
Police say a single gunshot rang out on a southbound A train just before 3:45 p.m. Friday after a dispute broke out between two groups of teens.
The bullet struck Burnett in the chest.
A Good Samaritan escorted the teen off the train when it arrived at the Mott Avenue Station in Far Rockaway. Once on the platform, two transit bureau officers that were patrolling the station rushed over to the victim to render aid. EMS later arrived to perform CPR.
The teen was taken to Cohen’s Children’s Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
NYPD detectives are looking at MTA cameras and speaking to witnesses.
“We’ve seen a lot this year where disputes quickly lead to verbal arguments and quickly lead to physical disputes confrontations that unfortunately have led to violence,” said NYPD Transit Bureau Chief Jason Wilcox.
Police sources say they are looking into a gang component to the shooting, and they stress it was not a random act of violence.
Service on the A train was suspended between Far Rockaway-Mott Ave and Broad Channel in both directions during the investigation.
The shooting death is the eighth person killed in the transit system this year.
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