14-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Front Of Crown Heights Bodega

The victim's mother with relatives (1010 WINS)

A 14-year-old boy was killed in front of a Crown Heights bodega last night. Tyrek O'Hara-Morris was out with friends when he was shot at Park Place and Troy Avenue. His mother Althea O'Hara told WCBS 2 that detectives came to her home just a few blocks away with the news, "My son was shot, was shot. Got shot in the left eye,” she said.

One person who ran outside to help told the Daily News, "I heard 'pop-pop' when I was on the corner up the street. I ran over and there was a crowd around him." The teen was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital. Three people have been questioned, but the police have not made any arrests yet. Althea O'Hara also said, "I have no fear of this neighborhood. I feel comfortable walking this neighborhood at all hours."

An aunt admitted to the News that Tyrek had been in trouble, but his family was strong and there for him, "We all tried hard to intervene and let him know to try to be on the right path... Normally when these things happen, you hear people come on the news and they say, 'Oh, my son was good kid,' but he was a good kid."

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By Jen Chung in News on June 2, 2011 9:00 AM

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OvaltineJenkins

The word "bodega" should not be used in the United States of America.

shogan83

http://www.soscrownheights.org...

Kimberley Truelove

14 years old. Jesus. If they were trying to get him on the right path, he wouldn't be hanging outside a bodega with a target on his face. He would be home, doing his homework where his mother could keep an eye on him. Parenting is non-existent, but it really doesn't surprise me.

Bruce Goldensteinberg

This is one less prisoner society would have to incarcerate. Also, think about how many kids he would have had if he had grown up to be a full fledged baby daddy gang banger? So this is not a loss.

Chris Perry

Wow...go fall on a knife you piece of shit.

Bruce Goldensteinberg

If he had already been arrested multiple times at 14, do you think he was going to reform himself by 18?

Chris Perry

Wait, wait, wait...are you a real person? Because looking at the FB page your linked to, I can only guess that you're some sort of parody of douchey wingnuttery. Sharia law and deporting kamikazee Chinese bus drivers...really?

Bruce Goldensteinberg

Is it douchey wingnuttery to fear creeping sharia? wait until your wife or sister is forced to wear a burqa and she gets acid thrown in her face if she takes off her garment of hate, like in Iran. Or if she is prohibited from driving, like in Saudi Arabia. But by that time, it will be too late.

MattS

"Is it douchey wingnuttery to fear creeping sharia?"

Let me make it easy for you: YES you wingnut douche.

shogan83

Um... First Amendment, dude.

Chris Perry

Indeed...

MermaidFornicator

"I heard 'pop-pop' when I was on the corner up the street. I ran over and there was a crowd around him."

magnitude always draws a crowd!!

Peanut_Butter

Why in god's name would you run towards it?

darkdrseuss

Win for "community" reference

HughGass

Don't you mean ProCro?

shogan83

'ProCro' is the area of Crown Heights near Franklin Ave. Troy Ave. is most certainly Crown Heights.

Rocknrope

"Normally when these things happen, you hear people come on the news and they say, 'Oh, my son was good kid,' but he was a good kid."

Very meta of auntie.