17-year-old girl shot in head, killed in NYC: cops

A 17-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed in Queens on Saturday evening, according to the NYPD.

Officers were called to a Holliswood, Queens, home at 5:13 p.m. where they found the teenage girl unconscious and bleeding from the head.

The victim was taken by EMS to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center but could not be saved.


The tony residence where the 17-year-old girl was found unconscious and bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head.
The tony residence where the 17-year-old girl was found unconscious and bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head. Peter Gerber

NYPD officers recovered a gun from the scene though no charges have yet been filed.
NYPD officers recovered a gun from the scene though charges have yet to be filed. Peter Gerber

A 16-year-old boy was being questioned, but no arrests have been made, according to police sources.

NYPD officers recovered a gun at the scene.

An investigation was ongoing.

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