Second teen, 17, charged in fatal New Year's shooting in Yonkers
The 17-year-old is charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 1, 2025, killing of 44-year-old Omar Bonilla on Locust Hill Avenue and with attempted murder in a Dec. 15, 2024, shooting on Lawrence Street in which a man was hit in the thigh, according to the Westchester District Attorney's Office and Yonkers police. He is charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in each case, as well as for an April 29 incident during which he was allegedly found with a loaded handgun.
He was indicted and arraigned last month and is being held at Woodfield Cottage, the county's juvenile detention facility.
Westchester District Attorney Susan Cacace said in a statement that the charges make clear that violent teenagers are exploiting the state's "Raise the Age" law that allows 16- and 17-year-olds to be judged as adolescent offenders and not as adults.
Authorities have not revealed the motive behind Bonilla's killing. The 14-year-old accused of shooting him is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
The Journal News/lohud is not identifying either teen because of their ages.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Yonkers shooting: Teen suspected of providing gun charged with murder
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