A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in the head and a 13-year-old boy grazed by the same bullet fired by a teen who ran off and is being sought, police sources said Thursday.
Riley Billingslea was shot in the neck near his ear in the Castle Arms apartment building on Claflin Ave. near W. 197th St. in Kingsbridge about 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, cops said. The bullet exited his head, ricocheted and grazed a 13-year-old friend in the torso, police sources said.
Riley got into a quarrel with the 16-year-old shooter, who opened his backpack, pulled out a gun, put a magazine on it and fired, the sources said.
“I’m gonna throw some pain,” the shooter threatened before opening fire, the sources said.
Riley died at the scene. He lived with his grandmother in an apartment just under a mile away from the Castle Arms, according to police.
Medics took the younger boy to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition, police said.
The shooter ran off and has not been caught. No gun was not recovered from the scene, police sources said.
It was the second time in just two days a Bronx teen was fatally shot in the head.
About 5:10 a.m. Monday, 16-year-old John Nunez was fatally shot in the head in his best friend’s family’s house on Prospect Ave. near E.169th St. — apparently as he and the friend were playing around with a gun, police said. He died at the scene.
Nobody has been charged in John’s death.
“We’re hurt. We’re devastated. Our hearts are shattered,” John’s oldest sister, Sol Nunez, said at John’s family’s home a few blocks from where he was killed Monday evening. “It’s unbelievable.”