A 15-year-old boy turned himself in to face a murder charge in the wild, gang-related Bronx subway shooting that killed an innocent bystander and wounded five other people last month, cops and sources said Monday.
The teen – who was not identified because he is a minor – showed up at the 44th Precinct Sunday afternoon and was also charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon, cops and sources said.
The boy is the third person to be charged in connection to the deadly gunfire that erupted around 4:40 p.m. Feb. 12, taking the life of Obed Beltran-Sanchez, 35, at the Mount Eden subway station, cops said.
A 16-year-old gangbanger, Langel Jones, was the first person cuffed – picked up days after the shooting, police said.
Jones is a purported member of the violent DBlock gang, named for Davidson Avenue, whose members were tied into a beef with the Burnside gang in a feud stemming from “drill rap and disrespect,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny previously told reporters at a media briefing.
The gang feud ultimately boiled over when the two crews just happened to get on the same train at different stops.
In mid-March, a 14-year-old boy who was also wounded in the burst of violence was arrested and charged with four counts of attempted murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
The boy was also nabbed in connection to a Jan. 15 shooting, also in the Bronx — which authorities previously said stemmed from the same gang feud and may have sparked the subway incident.
As the gunfight spilled out of the train, Sanchez — who was not involved — made the mistake of looking out onto the platform to see what the commotion was about, Kenny said at the time.
He lay dying on the ground as people “just walked past him,” the police official added.
“Here’s a man just going about his business trying to make his way in life and makes the mistake of being curious to see what’s going on and takes one in the chest,” Kenny said.
Sanchez, described by police as homeless, was originally from Mexico and had family there.
In addition to the 14-year-old alleged gunman, also wounded were a 14-year-old girl, a 29-year-old woman, and two men, 28 and 71, who were hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds after the shooting.
