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A 15-year-old boy was shot at a Bronx subway station Saturday night in the latest example of spiking violence involving Big Apple youngsters.
The shooting took place around 10 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the station at River Avenue and West 167th Street, an NYPD spokesman said Sunday.
The teen was wounded in the leg, police said.
David Ayenengoye, 20, was arrested at the scene and charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal use of a firearm.
No additional information was immediately available about the incident.
The shooting was just the latest example of crimes involving or targeting minors.
On Thursday, a 14-year-old boy was stabbed during a broad-daylight brawl with another teen, leaving the young victim in stable condition at Brookdale University Hospital.
On Tuesday on Staten Island, another 14-year-old boy was stabbed — allegedly by a 13-year-old.
A 16-year-old boy also took a bullet to the left foot at East 176th Street and Webster Avenue in the Tremont section of The Bronx minutes before 8 p.m. Monday, cops said.
He was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, and a weapon was recovered at the scene.
Another 16-year-old boy was blasted in the leg around 12:15 a.m. Monday at Avenue D and Troy Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, cops said.
The boy ran home, and his mother called 911 before the teen was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities and sources said.
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