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Fatal Lower East Side Shooting Leaves Teen Dead

The body of a 17-year-old boy was found outside 205 Eldridge Street (near Stanton) earlier this morning. He had a gunshot wound in the head and was pronounced dead at Bellevue. Witnesses said they heard shots around 2 a.m. A motive is not known at this time.

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By Jen Chung in on June 24, 2008 8:10 AM

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  • ewah

    i call it echito -- east of chinatown.



    i've been doing a long term documentary on the whole street (eldridge from houston to division) for the past few years. block was just kids hanging around an enclave from gentrification.

  • sonyactivision

    Teenagers really need to fill out their organ donor registration so we can harvest the salvageable parts of their otherwise miserable and useless existence.

  • tromboneguy

    That's the same block where the gun mugging / murder happens in the opening of "Lush Life." Odd...

  • Spear_Chucker

    Is that area still considered Chinatown?

  • Jake Dobkin

    The corner of Eldridge and Stanton has always been a trouble spot for the neighborhood-- the local precinct should really setup a 24/7 outpost there, the way they do in some other neighborhoods in the city.

  • Ralph

    "Eldridge"

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