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Jun 24, 2024, 8:37 AM

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According to the NYPD, officers received of shots being fired on Commonwealth Avenue on May 15. When they arrived, they say they found 18-year-old Jerome Burleigh with a single gunshot wound to his stomach.

He was taken to a hospital where they pronounced him dead.

23-year-old Jeremy Amadiz has been arrested and charged with second degree murder and first degree manslaughter.