Crime & Safety

Man Arrested in Murder of 14-Year-Old Boy

Dequan Edwards, 18, was arrested on charges of murder 2 and criminal possession of a weapon, police announced last night.

A man was arrested in the fatal earlier this week.

Dequan Edwards, 18, of Sterling Place, was arrested on charges of murder 2 and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the murder, police announced last night.

Tyrek O'Hara-Morris of St. Mark's Avenue,  was shot in the head at the corner of Park Place and Troy Avenue in Crown Heights  just before 8:34 p.m. Wednesday night. He was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

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