Teen fatally shot by bike-riding gunman in Soho Id’d as member of anti-gun violence group
NY Post
A teenager who was gunned down outside a swanky Soho hotel was an avid basketballer who played in a league run by an anti-gun violence group, loved ones said Wednesday.
Mahki Brown, 16, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, died after being shot in the head by a Citi Bike-riding gunman opposite the Dominick Hotel on Spring Street in a brazen broad daylight attack shortly before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
The teen, who also took two bullets to the leg, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead, cops added.
His mom, Shawn, was too distraught to speak at length about losing her only child, but sobbed that he had only just tattooed her name on his arm.
“He’s always trying to help somebody. He helps everybody,” she said outside their apartment Wednesday.
Police haven’t yet revealed a motive in the slaying, but law enforcement sources said the shooting, which occurred opposite the Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School, may have been school-related.
