Friday 20 May 2022 11:22 PM NYPD arrests 'gunman,' 15 and search for 18-year-old 'getaway driver' that ... trends now
A 15-year-old boy was arrested for the fatal shooting on Kyhara Tay, 11 (pictured)
A 15-year-old boy was arrested for killing an 11-year-old girl during a gang-related drive-by shooting in New York City.
Police have launched a manhunt for another teen believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of Kyahara Tay, 11.
The young girl, said to be an innocent bystander, was hit in the stomach by a gunman riding on the back of a scooter through the Bronx on Monday.
Matthew Goodwin, 15, was arrested around 2am Friday for allegedly firing the fatal shot, NYPD told DailyMail.com. He was found at a local hotel where his mother reportedly sent him to avoid arrest.
Goodwin was charged with murder, manslaughter and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Police are still searching for Omar Bojang, 18, who was believed to be driving the scooter during the drive-by. He is also wanted for robbery.
Police have launched a manhunt for another teen, Omar Bojang (pictured), who is believed to be involved in the gang-related drive-by that killed Tay
'Mr. Goodwin is the subject who pulled the trigger while riding on the back of the moped. Instead of hitting his intended target. However, he ended the life of a totally innocent, completely uninvolved 11 year old girl,' Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said during Friday's news briefing.
'I won’t say she was in the wrong place because why shouldn’t an 11-year-old child be able to stand outside in broad daylight? The teenagers who took Kyhara’s life, a sixth grader, who as her father said, didn’t even have the chance to grow up.
'They shouldn’t have been there. They have devastated a family while at the same time ending their own lives as they know them.'
Goodwin was arrested at the Hotel Ninty-Five in the Bronx, police revealed during a press conference Friday.
He was hiding out at the hotel with his mother and three other children. The family had rented the hotel room on Thursday.
The teen was arrested without incident and charged with murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree, and a criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. No charged were filed against Goodwin's mother.
The teen had no prior arrests, but had previous encounters with law enforcement, including once in October 2019 when he was slapped over his allege gang membership.
'As a 12-year-old he’s a victim of harassment,' Chief of Detectives James W. Essig said during the news briefing. 'Someone smacked him in the face and stated: "Are you a member of the 800 YGz?" - which is a notorious violent gang.'
Essig believes Bojang, the alleged getaway driver, is a member of
