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Teen, 17, shot dead in Bronx park during water fight as heat wave grips NYC
A 17-year-old hanging out in a Bronx park was shot dead as he playfully doused parkgoers with water during Tuesday's massive heatwave, police said.
The gunman got away, leaving two 9-mm shell casings behind following the shooting inside Starlight Park near the corner of Sheridan Blvd. and E. 173rd St. in Crotona Park East.
The killing took place as the city baked under a horrendous heat wave. Temperatures in the Bronx on Tuesday ranged between 78 and 101 degrees, according to the website
Victim Darrell Harris was inside the park at about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday when he began throwing water around at other teens, witnesses initially told police.
A moment later, a man dressed in a black colored hoodie, black sweatpants, and a black ski mask charged at Harris with a gun.
Harris was shot in the head and right arm, cops said. Medics rushed him to Jacobi Medical Center, but he could not be saved. The teen lived in Longwood, less than a mile from where he was killed.
The gunman ran out of the park and was last seen heading north on Sheridan Ave. No arrests have been made.
Police were scouring the area looking for surveillance footage that would help them identify the shooter.
