A 16-year-old boy found himself in handcuffs Friday night on charges that he shot a young man dead in Washington Heights on Wednesday afternoon, police reported.
The suspect, whose identity police withheld due to his age, faces charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon for the June 28 slaying of 17-year-old Trequan Wingfield at the Polo Grounds Houses.
Wingfield was simply hanging out with friends when, according to police sources, the suspect fired several shots just before 4 p.m. outside of 2971 Frederick Douglass Blvd., where Wingfiled lived.
One bullet hit Wingfield in the chest. EMS rushed Wingfield to Harlem Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
The suspect, who police describe as wearing all blue, possibly a tracksuit, made his getaway by fleeing southbound on Eighth Avenue, police reported.
The courtyard bustled with police activity as detectives investigated the scene of the crime. Six shell casings could be observed marked by police.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting are not currently clear. However, published reports indicate that Wingfield was with his 16-year-old brother at the time of the cold-blooded killing, but the younger teen made it through the bullet storm unscathed.
Additional reporting by Lloyd Mitchell
This story was updated on July 1 at 9:45 a.m.
