Boy, 13, shot twice, wounded by gunman wearing all black while heading to NYC store

A 13-year-old boy was shot twice and wounded by a gunman wearing all black as he headed to the store in Queens early Wednesday, cops and sources said.The young teen took bullets to the back and left hand around 12:30 a.m.on Rockaway Boulevard near 145th Street in South Jamaica, police said. He was taken to Long Island Jewish Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where he is listed in stable condition.The shooter, only described as a man wearing all black, fled the scene and had not been caught several hours later.About two hours before the shooting, the young victim had told his dad he was heading to the store, the sources said.The motive for the violence is not immediately known. The shooting came days after a 14-year-old boy was shot and wounded by a stranger as he walked in East Harlem, cops said. The teen was blasted in the leg around 11:45 p.m.
Sunday at East 112th Street and Park Avenue, and was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition, authorities said. Before the gunfire, the suspect – who did not know the victim – got into some sort of spat with him over their respective housing projects, law enforcement sources said at the time. The gunman, only described as a male stranger, fled the scene. Also on Wednesday, cops busted a 17-year-old boy in connection with the killing of Javits Frimpong, the 15-year-old Bronx kid who was gunned down while walking to school late last month, authorities said.The teen was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said. Javits, a Ghanaian immigrant, took a bullet to the stomach on Oct.
29 near East 171st Street and Third Avenue in the Bronx while on his way to school, cops said....