Boy, 17, awaiting trial for attempted murder shot to death in East Harlem
A 17-year-old boy awaiting trial for attempted murder was shot in the head in East Harlem and died 11 days later, police said Thursday.
Chance Leggett was shot as he rode a Citi Bike on E. 115th St. near Lexington Ave. about 5:45 p.m. May 17, cops said.
Medics rushed him to Harlem Hospital, where he died Wednesday, police said.
The day after Leggett was shot, police arrested 19-year-old Jermaine Vanderhorst for attempted murder and gun possession. He is being held without bail and is due back in court Tuesday, records show.
Police said charges against Vanderhorst, who has several gun busts among his 12 prior arrests, may now be upgraded to murder. He lives in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx, according to cops.
Leggett, who was about a mile from home when he was shot, was arrested March 27, 2024, for an attempted murder in Chelsea three weeks earlier.
About 9:30 p.m. on March 6, Leggett, then 16, and an accomplice tried to push their way into an apartment in the Fulton Houses on W. 17th St. near Ninth Ave. with three people inside. When that failed, they allegedly shot at the door but nobody was struck, according to cops.
Jhyrve Davis, who was 18 at the time, was arrested two days later. He lives in a different building in the Fulton Houses, according to cops.
Both Leggett and Davis were charged with attempted murder, attempted assault, attempted burglary and weapon possession. Davis is still awaiting trial.
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