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Teenagers in New York City were arrested and charged with murder at a rate that grew twice as fast as the rate for adults between 2018 and 2022.

The weekly meetings are meant to bring together school leaders with the NYPD to discuss safe passage programs, how the police can support schools after school, or how to respond when incidents occur, among other topics. 

New York City police arrested a 16-year-old male in connection to a shooting at a Brooklyn park in September that resulted in another teenager dying.

The NYPD has arrested a teen in connection to the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy at a Brooklyn park.

Victim Unique Smith was confronted by two masked teens as he sat on a park bench with two girls inside McLaughlin Park in Downtown Brooklyn on the first day of school, about 1:30 p.m. Sept. 7, police said.

Scores of New Yorkers gathered outside Brooklyn's Barclays Center Friday for the first "National Day of Remembrance for Gun-Related Homicide Victims" vigil —

A new group brings together students and staff from nine schools, along with police, school safety agents, and civic leaders, to talk about how to make Downtown Brooklyn safer.

Police say the teen was shot once in the stomach across the street from Lincoln High School, off school grounds.

The victim, struck in the abdomen was rushed to Coney Island Hospital and is expected to survive. The gunman is being sought.

The child, a student at Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools, was approached by two boys, one of whom shot him after a fist fight, according to the police.