A 14-year-old boy was shot on Staten Island Tuesday evening — and cops are looking for a 13-year-old gunman — as youth violence engulfs the city, authorities said.
The boy was blasted in the leg around 5:45 p.m. near a building on Broad Street near Gordon Street, part of NYCHA’s Stapleton Houses, police said.
He was taken to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he was listed in stable condition.
A 13-year-old suspect, last seen wearing gray sweatpants, fled the scene and was still on the loose Wednesday.
The motive for the violence was not immediately known.
The 14-year-old is the latest — and youngest — of five teens shot across the city since the weekend, authorities said.
A 16-year-old boy took a bullet to the left foot at East 176th Street and Webster Avenue in the Tremont section of the Bronx minutes before 8 p.m. Monday, cops said.
He was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, and a weapon was recovered at the…
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